Philemon 1:4
I give continual thanks to my God while making mention of you, my brother, in my prayers,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
In Context
3May grace be granted to you all, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Ephesians 1:16offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,
2 Thessalonians 1:3Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.
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 →