Philemon 1:20

Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's sake. Refresh my heart in Christ.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

In Context

19I Paul write this with my own hand--I will pay you in full. (I say nothing of the fact that you owe me even your own self.)

21I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction.

Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brethren, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my dearly-loved ones.

1 Thessalonians 3:7for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been comforted about you, brethren, by your faith.

Philemon 1:12I am sending him back to you, though in so doing I send part of myself.

1 John 3:17But if any one has this world's wealth and sees that his brother man is in need, and yet hardens his heart against him--how can such a one continue to love God?

Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25

The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →

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