Philemon 1:6
that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 25:16Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack amongst the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,
Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honourable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Titus 3:14Let our people also learn to maintain good works to meet necessary needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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 →