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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Philemon 1:1-7

1-7 Faith in Christ, and love to him, should unite saints more closely than any outward relation can unite the people of the world. Paul in his private prayers was particular in remembering his friends. We must remember Christian friends much and often, as their cases may need, bearing them in our thoughts, and upon our hearts, before our God. Different sentiments and ways in what is not essential, must not make difference of affection, as to the truth. He inquired concerning his friends, as to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Philemon 1:4-7

Paul's Thankfulness and Sympathy on Account of Philemon's Christian State. v. 4. I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, v. 5. hearing of thy love and faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, v. 6. that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. v. 7. For we have great joy and consolation in thy love because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Philemon 1:4-7

IIExpression of Christian Sympathy and RecognitionPhilemon 1:4-74I thank my God [always],3 making mention of thee always [omit here “always”] in my prayers. 5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward [unto] all [the] saints; 6That the communication [or, fellowship] of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you [us]4 in [unto, for] Christ Jesus. 7For we have [or, I had] great joy5 and consolation in thy love,... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Philemon 1:4-7

THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON II. Phm_1:4-7 R.V.. PAUL’S was one of those regal natures to which things arc possible that other men dare not do. No suspicion of weakness attaches to him when he pours out his heart in love, nor any of insincerity when he speaks of his continual prayers for his friends, or when he runs over in praise of his converts. Few men have been able to talk so much of their love without betraying its shallowness and self-consciousness, or of their prayers without exciting a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Philemon 1:1-14

a Plea for the Returning Slave Philemon 1:1-14 Onesimus had known the Apostle well in the old days when Paul visited at the house of his master Philemon, who seems to have been a man of importance. His house was large enough to admit of a church assembling in it, and to accommodate the Apostle and his traveling companions when they came to the city. Apphia, his wife, was also a Christian, and Archippus, their son, was engaged in some kind of Christian work in connection with the infant... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Philemon 1:1-25

Onesimus Philemon 1:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The march of the Gospel in the early years. The Early Church gave itself very definitely to the propaganda of the Gospel. This had been the command of God, and this was the leading of the Holy Spirit, who had come to make the Church His Habitation. On the Day of Pentecost there were about three thousand saved. Shortly after, the number of disciples reached five thousand. So mightily did the Word of God increase and prevail. 2. Families which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Philemon 1:7

‘For I had much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you (S), brother.’ And Paul emphasises that he is able gladly to bear witness to the fact of Philemon’s love. He declares that he himself also had joy and comfort in his love, because he saw how the hearts of the saints (God’s people) were refreshed through Philemon’s love and ministries. In other words he had great joy in Philemon’s generous spirit, and in what it achieved, a generous... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Philemon 1:1-7

Philemon 1:1-Judges : . Introductory.— Paul writes from prison, sending greetings from himself and Timothy to Philemon— a dear friend with whom he had worked probably during his stay in Ephesus— Apphia (presumably Philemon’ s wife), and Archippus ( Colossians 4:17, possibly his son) his spiritual comrade-in-arms, together with the brethren of their household. He is constantly hearing of the love and loyalty displayed by Philemon both towards the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints (... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love; thy love doth not extend only to the poor distressed saints helped and relieved by thee, but it hath its effect upon others together with myself; it is a wonderful joy and comfort to us to hear that God hath so opened and enlarged thy heart: the fruits of grace in one, are a true cause of joy and thanksgiving to all Christians, because God by them is glorified. Because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother; the saints, or the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philemon 1:4-7

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilemon 1:4. I thank my God.—There the apostle carries all his joys and troubles into the presence of his God.Philemon 1:5. Hearing of thy love.—Perhaps the bearer of the refreshing news was Epaphras. The love of Philemon is the chief element so far as the immediate purpose of the apostle is concerned. And of the faith.—The explanation of this order generally given is by the figure called chiasmus. In Philemon 1:5, “love and faith”; in Philemon 1:6-7, “faith and... read more