Philemon 1:5
Because I hear of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
Cross References
Romans 12:13Contributing to the saints who are in need; practicing hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have directed the churches of Galatia, so you do also.
Ephesians 1:15Therefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love for all the saints,
Philemon 1:7For we have great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
1 John 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one who loves the parent also loves the child.
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 →