Philemon 1:7
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.
1 Thessalonians 2:13And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Philemon 1:20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.
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 →