Philemon 1:4
I am ever mentioning you in my prayers, and giving thanks to God,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16do not cease to praise God for you, whenever I mention you in my prayers.
Colossians 1:3Whenever I pray for you I am continually thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Thessalonians 1:3I ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting because of the abundant growth of your faith and of the overflowing love with which every one of you is filled toward one another.
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 →