Philemon 1:7
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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In Context
8Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, God’s word, which also works in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving can we give again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God,
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even 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 →