Philemon 1:20

Come my brother, let me have joy in the Lord because of you! Refresh my heart in Christ!

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

In Context

19I Paul am writing this in my own handwriting, "I will repay you." But I will not mention that you owe me, over and over, your very soul.

21Because I am thoroughly persuaded of your obedience, I have written you, knowing full well that you will do by me what I am asking.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.

Philippians 1:8God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1Stand fast then, brothers, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved!

1 Thessalonians 3:7I have been comforted, my brothers, in regard to you, in spite of all my distress and affliction over your faith.

Philemon 1:12I am sending him back to you, he himself, that is, my very heart!

1 John 3:17But whoever has this world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him?

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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