Philemon 1:4

I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

In Context

3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

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Cross References

Ephesians 1:16cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

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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