Philemon 1:7
For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
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8Therefore, although I have all the boldness in Christ to command you to do what you should do,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:13It is by this that we are encouraged. In addition to our own comfort, we also rejoiced even more because of Titus' joy, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.
1 Thessalonians 2:13For this reason we also thank God constantly. For when you received from us God's message that you heard, you accepted it not as the word of man. Instead, you received it as it truly is, the word of God. It is this word that is also at work among you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we give to God for you, for all the joy that we have before our God over you?
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, do me a favor in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and bore witness to your truth, just as you walk in truth.
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 →