Philemon 1:20

Yes, my brother, let me be refreshed by thee in our Lord: refresh thou my bowels in the Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, have written it with my own hand, I will repay: not to say to thee, that to me thou owest thy ownself.

21Being confident that thou wilt hearken to me, I have written to thee: and I know that thou wilt do more than I say.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4I have great assurance before you, and have much glorying in you; and I am full of comfort. And joy greatly aboundeth to me, in all my afflictions.

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I love you in the bowels of Jesus the Messiah.

Philippians 4:1Wherefore, my beloved and dear brethren, my joy and my crown!-so stand ye fast in our Lord, my beloved!

1 Thessalonians 3:7therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith.

Philemon 1:12And receive thou him, as one begotten by me.

1 John 3:17But whoever hath worldly possessions, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how is the love of God 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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