Philemon 1:3

Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

2And unto Apphia our sister. And unto Archippus our fellow-soldier, and unto the assembly which meeteth, at thy house:

4I am giving thanks unto my God—always, making mention, of thee, in my prayers,

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Cross References

Romans 1:7Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:2Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

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 →

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