Philemon 1:7

And I had great joy and comfort in thy charity, for the entrails of holy men rested [or were refreshed] by thee, brother. (And I had great joy and strength in thy love, for the hearts of the saints, or of God’s people, were refreshed by thee, brother.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

In Context

6that the communing of thy faith be made open, in (the) knowing of all good thing (s) in Christ Jesus. (so that the sharing of thy faith be made open, in the knowledge of all the good things in the Messiah Jesus.)

8For which thing I having much trust in Christ Jesus (or For which thing I having much trust in the Messiah Jesus), to command to thee that that pertaineth to profit;

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we be comforted, but in your comfort more plenteously [or but in our comfort more plenteously] we joyed more on the joy of Titus, for his spirit is fulfilled of all you. (And so we were comforted by your comfort, or And so we were encouraged, yea our own encouragement was great, but we rejoiced even more abundantly over Titus’ joy, for his spirit was filled full by all of you.)

1 Thessalonians 2:13Therefore we do thankings to God without ceasing. For when ye had taken of us the word of the hearing of God, ye took it not as the word of men, but as it is verily, the word of God, that worketh in you that have believed. (And so we give thanks to God without ceasing. Because when ye had received from us the word of God, which ye heard, ye took it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which worketh in you who have believed.)

1 Thessalonians 3:9For what doing of thankings may we yield to God for you (or For what doing of thanks can we give to God for you), in all joy, in which we joy for you before our Lord?

Philemon 1:20So, brother, I shall use thee in the Lord; [full-]fill thou mine entrails in Christ (or fill thou my heart full with the Messiah).

3 John 1:3I joyed greatly, for brethren came, and bare witnessing to thy truth, as thou walkest in truth. (I greatly joyed, for the brothers came, and gave testimony about the truth of thee, or and gave testimony about thee and the truth, yea, how thou walkest in the truth.)

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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