Philemon 1:4
I giue thanks to my God, making mention alwaies of thee in my praiers,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
5(When I heare of thy loue and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes)
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16I cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Colossians 1:3We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:
2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another, aboundeth,
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 →