Philemon 1:21
Being confident that thou wilt hearken to me, I have written to thee: and I know that thou wilt do more than I say.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
20Yes, my brother, let me be refreshed by thee in our Lord: refresh thou my bowels in the Messiah.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:22And we also sent with them that brother of ours, who hath often, and in many things, been proved diligent by us; and is now particularly diligent, from the great confidence he hath in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in you, through our Lord, that what we have inculcated on you, ye both have done, and will do.
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 →