Philemon 1:6
And I pray that your participation may become effectual, as you come to acknowledge every good thing which is in you to Christ.
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Matthew 25:16"At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more.
2 Corinthians 9:12Because the ministry of this contribution not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also overflows in many a thanksgiving to God.
Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if virtue is anything, if honor is anything, be always thinking about these.
Titus 3:14Let them want nothing, and "let our people learn to devote themselves to honest work to supply the necessities of their teachers," so that they be not unfruitful.
James 2:14My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5who, through faith, are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation, ready to be revealed in the last days.
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 →