Philemon 1:22
And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
23Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;
Cross References
Romans 15:24Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--
2 Corinthians 1:11You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.
Philippians 1:25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;
Hebrews 13:19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.
James 5:16So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
3 John 1:14But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face.\
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →