Philemon 1:4
I always thank my God. I mention you in my prayers.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3May grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
5I have heard of the love and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the believers.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped thanking God for you as I mention you in my prayers.
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we always pray for you.
2 Thessalonians 1:3We should always give thanks to God for you, brothers. For this is appropriate, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love each of you has for one another increases.
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:2-8
Completed by Jeremiah Smith . This epistle to Philemon is placed the last of those with the name of Paul to them, perhaps because the shortest, and of an argument peculiar and different from all the others; yet such as the Spirit of God, who indited it, saw would, in its kind, be very instructive and useful in the churches. The occasion of it was this:—Philemon, one of note and probably a minister in the church of Colosse, a city of Phrygia, had a servant named Onesimus, who, having purloined his goods, ran away… Read the whole commentary →