Philemon 1:21

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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, I wish to have joy in thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

22But at the same time prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:3And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with him our brother, whom we have often experienced in many things to be a man of diligence, but now much more diligent, through the great confidence which I have in you.

2 Thessalonians 3:4But we have confidence in the Lord towards you, that the things which we have enjoined you, ye both do, and will do.

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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