Philemon 1:3

may God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2To our dear friend and fellow-worker Philemon, to our sister Apphia, to our fellow-soldier Archippus; and to the Church that meets at Philemon’s house;

4I always mention you in my prayers and thank God for you,

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Cross References

Romans 1:7May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

Ephesians 1:2May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

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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