Philemon 1:20

Yea! brother, I, would, from thee, have help, in the Lord: give rest unto my tender affections in Christ.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 [it]; that I may not tell thee—that, thyself, unto me, thou still owest.

21Confident of thine obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that, even beyond what I say, thou wilt do:—

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4Great, is my freedom of speech towards you, great, is my boasting in behalf of you: I am filled with the encouragement, I am greatly superabounding with the joy, in all our tribulation.

Philippians 1:8For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1So then, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,—thus, stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

1 Thessalonians 3:7For this cause, were we consoled, brethren, over you, in all our necessity and tribulation, through your faith;

Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent back unto thee—him, that is, my own, tender affections!—

1 John 3:17But, whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding 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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