Philemon 1:8
Wherefore I have great confidence in the Meshiha to command thee those acts which are righteous,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
In Context
7For we have great joy and consolation, that by thy love the bowels of the saints are refreshed.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 10:1BUT I Paulos beseech of you by the peacefulness and humility of the Meshiha, (I) who also in presence am humble with you, but while far off am confident over you,
2 Corinthians 11:21As in abasement I speak; as though we were weak through defectiveness of mind, I speak. In whatever any man dareth, I also dare.
1 Thessalonians 2:2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, in Philipos, and then (even) in great conflict we spoke with you with the confidence of our God the gospel of the Meshiha.
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 →