Philemon 1:6

and I pray that your participation in the Faith may result in action, as you come to a fuller realisation of everything that is good and Christlike in us.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

In Context

5because I hear of the love and the faith which you show, not only to the Lord Jesus, but also to all his People;

7I have indeed found great joy and encouragement in your love, knowing, as I do, how the hearts of Christ’s People have been cheered, brother, by you.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:16The man who had received the three thousand pounds went at once and traded with it, and made another three thousand.

2 Corinthians 9:12For the rendering of a public service such as this, not only relieves the needs of your fellow-Christians, but also results in the offering to God of many a thanksgiving.

Philippians 4:8In conclusion, Brothers, wherever you find anything true or honourable, righteous or pure, loveable or praiseworthy, or if ‘virtue’ and ‘honour’ have any meaning, there let your thoughts dwell.

Titus 3:14Let all our People learn to devote themselves to doing good, so as to meet the most pressing needs, and that their lives may not be unfruitful.

James 2:14My Brothers, what is the good of a man’s saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?

1 Peter 1:5for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a Salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.

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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