Philemon 1:8
διο πολλην εν χριστω παρρησιαν εχων επιτασσειν σοι το ανηκον
Η Καινή Διαθήκη
In The King James Version
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
In Context
9δια την αγαπην μαλλον παρακαλω τοιουτοσ ων ωσ παυλοσ πρεσβυτησ νυνι δε και δεσμιοσ ιησου χριστου
Cross References
2 Corinthians 10:1αυτοσ δε εγω παυλοσ παρακαλω υμασ δια τησ πραοτητοσ και επιεικειασ του χριστου οσ κατα προσωπον μεν ταπεινοσ εν υμιν απων δε θαρρω εισ υμασ
2 Corinthians 11:21κατα ατιμιαν λεγω ωσ οτι ημεισ ησθενησαμεν εν ω δ αν τισ τολμα εν αφροσυνη λεγω τολμω καγω
1 Thessalonians 2:2αλλα προπαθοντεσ και υβρισθεντεσ καθωσ οιδατε εν φιλιπποισ επαρρησιασαμεθα εν τω θεω ημων λαλησαι προσ υμασ το ευαγγελιον του θεου εν πολλω αγωνι
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 →