Philemon 1:7
For I had much joy and consolation over your divine love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed by you, O brother.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you to that which is appropriate,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we have been comforted. But we rejoiced the more exceedingly in our consolation over the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:
1 Thessalonians 2:13And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you before our God;
Philemon 1:20Yea, brother, let me rejoice over you in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
3 John 1:3I rejoice exceedingly, the brethren coming and witnessing to thy truth, as thou art walking about in truth.
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 →