Philemon 1:6
And I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 25:16Then he who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and gained another five talents.
2 Corinthians 9:12For the performance of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God.
Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are admirable; if there is any virtue, and if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things.
Titus 3:14And let our people learn to engage in honest employment, so they may meet urgent needs, and that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14What does it profit, my brethren, if a man say he has faith, but has not works? can that faith save him?
1 Peter 1:5Who are guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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 →