Philemon 1:8
And so, although I might be bold in Christ to dictate to you what is fitting,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
In Context
9yet for love’s sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!
Cross References
2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul, myself, appeal to you by the humble-heartedness and selflessness of Christ - Paul who "in your presence is humble, but bold enough when he is absent" -
2 Corinthians 11:21I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.
1 Thessalonians 2:2for you remember that although I had already borne ill-treatment and insult at Philippi, I took courage in my God to tell you the gospel of God, in the face of much opposition.
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 →