Philemon 1:21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Yes, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:3And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
2 Thessalonians 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →