Philemon 1:5
because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
In Context
4I give continual thanks to my God while making mention of you, my brother, in my prayers,
Cross References
Romans 12:13Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.
1 Corinthians 16:1As to the collection for God's people, what I have directed the Churches of Galatia to do, you must do also.
Ephesians 1:15For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,
Philemon 1:7For I have found great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of God's people have been, and are, refreshed through you, my brother.
1 John 5:1Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.
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 →