Philemon 1:4
I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
Updated King James Version
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.
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 and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love (o. agape) of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
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 →