Philemon 1:21

Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

In Context

20Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord.

22Moreouer also prepare mee lodging: for I trust through your prayers I shall be freely giuen vnto you.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

2 Corinthians 8:22And we haue sent with them our brother, whom we haue oft times prooued to be diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence, which I haue in you.

2 Thessalonians 3:4And we are perswaded of you through the Lord, that ye both doe, and will doe the things which we warne you of.

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 →

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