Philemon 1:20
Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
In Context
21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.
Philippians 1:8For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.
Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brethre, beloued and longed for, my ioy and my crowne, so continue in the Lord, yee beloued.
1 Thessalonians 3:7Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith.
Philemon 1:12Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels,
1 John 3:17And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?
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 →