Philemon 1:6
that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that [is] in you toward Christ Jesus;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5hearing of thy love and faith that thou hast unto the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
Cross References
Matthew 25:16'And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents;
2 Corinthians 9:12because the ministration of this service not only is supplying the wants of the saints, but is also abounding through many thanksgivings to God,
Philippians 4:8As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as [are] grave, as many as [are] righteous, as many as [are] pure, as many as [are] lovely, as many as [are] of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
Titus 3:14and let them learn — ours also — to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
James 2:14What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?
1 Peter 1:5who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
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 →