Philemon 1:5
hearing about your divine love, and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and all the saints;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I give thanks to my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
Cross References
Romans 12:13communicating to necessities of the saints; pursuing hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1But concerning the contribution to the saints, as I commanded the churches of Galatia, so you also do.
Ephesians 1:15Therefore I also, having heard of the faith among you in the Lord Jesus, and your love which is toward all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For I had much joy and consolation over your divine love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed by you, O brother.
1 John 5:1Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love.
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 →