Philemon 1:5
because I am hearing of your love and of the faith which you hold, not only toward the Lord Jesus Christ, but toward all the saints.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I am ever mentioning you in my prayers, and giving thanks to God,
Cross References
Romans 12:13Be liberal to needy saints. Practise hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the offering for the saints, you also are to do as I directed the church of Galatia.
Ephesians 1:15For this reason I also, from the time when I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and your love to all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For I have great joy and comfort in your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed.
1 John 5:1Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father, loves him also who is the Father’s Child.
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 →