Philemon 1:4
I thank my God always, and remember thee in my prayers,
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16cease not to give thanks on your account, and to remember you in my prayers;
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, at all times, and pray for you;
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and, in you all, the love of each for his fellow increaseth.
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 →