Philemon 1
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
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Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul …
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Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …
Ephesians 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, …
2 Timothy 1:8 Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of …
Timothy. See on
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy …
Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians …
Philemon. The apostle in this epistle indulges in some fine paronomasais on the proper names. Thus Philemon, [Philemon,] affectionate, or beloved, is 'our dearly beloved;' Apphia, ([Apphia from appha,] the affectionate address of a brother or sister, according to Suidas,) is 'the beloved sister,' as several MSS., Vulgate, and others correctly read; Archippus, ([Archippos,] the ruler of the horse, for the managing of which heros were anciently famous,) is 'our fellow- soldier;' and Onesimus, ([Onesimos,] useful or profitable,) once unprofitable, is now profitable.
and fellow labourer.
Philemon 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow laborers.
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God's husbandry, you …
Philippians 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, …
Philippians 4:3 And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which …
Colossians 4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. …
1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow …
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
Archippus.
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received …
our fellow-soldier.
Philippians 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, …
2 Timothy 2:3,4 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ…
the church.
Romans 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved …
1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you …
Colossians 4:15 Salute the brothers which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the …
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace …
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the …
Ephesians 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your …
Ephesians 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Philippians 1:3 I thank my God on every remembrance of you,
Colossians 1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying …
1 Thessalonians 1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is meet, …
2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience…
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
Hearing.
Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision; …
Ephesians 1:15 Why I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love …
Colossians 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which …
toward the Lord.
Philemon 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the bowels …
Psalm 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in …
Acts 9:39-41 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought …
Romans 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Romans 15:25,26 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints…
1 Corinthians 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order …
1 John 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of …
1 John 5:1,2 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
the communication.
2 Corinthians 9:12-14 For the administration of this service not only supplies the want …
Philippians 1:9-11 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge …
Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, …
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, …
James 2:14,17 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, …
the acknowledging.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, …
1 Corinthians 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling …
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are …
1 Peter 1:5-8 Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready …
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas …
1 Peter 3:1,16 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, …
in you.
2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound…
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
great joy.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, …
1 Thessalonians 2:13,19 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when you …
1 Thessalonians 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy …
2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, …
3 John 1:3-6 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brothers came and testified of the …
the bowels.
Philemon 1:20 Yes, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and exceedingly …
2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed …
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
bold.
2 Corinthians 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
2 Corinthians 10:1,2 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, …
2 Corinthians 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. However, …
1 Thessalonians 2:2,6 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, …
enjoin.
2 Corinthians 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the …
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.
love's sake.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you …
2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech …
2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you …
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …
Hebrews 13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to …
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain …
Paul.
Psalm 71:9,18 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails…
Proverbs 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry …
prisoner.
Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon …
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
my son.
2 Samuel 9:1-7 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, …
2 Samuel 18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently …
2 Samuel 19:37,38 Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in …
Mark 9:17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought …
1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from …
Titus 1:4 To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, …
Onesimus.
Colossians 4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. …
whom.
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have …
Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ …
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
unprofitable.
Job 30:1,2 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers …
Matthew 25:30 And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there …
Luke 17:10 So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which …
Romans 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; …
1 Peter 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: …
profitable.
Luke 15:24,32 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is …
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is …
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
thou.
Matthew 6:14,15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will …
Matthew 18:21-35 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother …
Mark 11:25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any…
Ephesians 4:32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, …
mine.
Deuteronomy 13:6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, …
2 Samuel 16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, …
Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke …
Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great …
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
in thy stead.
1 Corinthians 16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: …
Philippians 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding …
the bonds.
Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon …
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk …
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
without.
Philemon 1:8,9 Why, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin you that which …
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of …
1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
thy benefit.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in …
Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties …
1 Corinthians 9:7,17 Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, …
2 Corinthians 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to …
2 Corinthians 9:5,7 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they …
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Genesis 45:5-8 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you …
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to …
Psalm 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath …
Isaiah 20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such …
Acts 4:28 For to do whatever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done.
Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
a brother.
Matthew 23:8 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; …
Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting …
Galatians 4:28,29 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of promise…
1 Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, …
Hebrews 3:1 Why, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the …
1 Peter 1:22,23 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through …
1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
both in.
Ephesians 6:5-7 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to …
Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; …
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
thou count.
Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she sought us, saying, …
2 Corinthians 8:23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow helper …
Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and …
Philippians 1:7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have …
1 Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, …
Hebrews 3:1,14 Why, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the …
James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this …
1 Peter 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and …
1 John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that you also …
receive.
Philemon 1:10,12 I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds…
Matthew 10:40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives …
Matthew 12:48-50 But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? …
Matthew 18:5 And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.
Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch …
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
put that.
Isaiah 53:4-7 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did …
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
I Paul.
1 Corinthians 16:21,22 The salutation of me Paul with my own hand…
Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall …
Galatians 6:11 You see how large a letter I have written to you with my own hand.
how thou.
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have …
1 Corinthians 9:1,2 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ …
2 Corinthians 3:2 You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from …
Titus 1:4 To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, …
James 5:19,20 Brothers, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him…
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
let me.
2 Corinthians 2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the …
2 Corinthians 7:4-7,13 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of …
Philippians 2:2 Fulfill you my joy, that you be like minded, having the same love, …
Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brothers dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and …
1 Thessalonians 2:19,20 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even …
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9 Therefore, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our affliction …
Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for …
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
refresh.
Philemon 1:7,12 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the bowels …
Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels …
Philippians 2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of …
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, …
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow …
2 Corinthians 7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
2 Corinthians 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved …
Galatians 5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will be none …
2 Thessalonians 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that you both do …
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
prepare.
Acts 28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into …
for I trust.
Romans 15:24 Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I …
Philippians 1:25,26 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue …
Philippians 2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
Hebrews 13:23 Know you that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if …
2 John 1:12 Having many things to write to you, I would not write with paper …
3 John 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. …
through.
Romans 15:30-32 Now I beseech you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and …
2 Corinthians 1:11 You also helping together by prayer for us…
Philippians 1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, …
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that …
There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
Epaphras.
Colossians 1:7 As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is …
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always …
my fellow-prisoner.
Romans 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, …
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's …
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
Marcus.
Acts 12:12,25 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary …
Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga …
Acts 15:37-39 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark…
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister's …
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is …
Aristarchus.
Acts 19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius …
Acts 27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to …
Demas.
Colossians 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is …
Lucas.
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is …
my fellow-labourers.
Philemon 1:1,2 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon …
2 Corinthians 8:23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow helper …
Philippians 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, …
Philippians 4:3 And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which …
3 John 1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers …
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
grace. See on
Romans 16:20,24 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. …
your spirit.
2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO PHILEMON Philemon appears to have been a person of some consideration at Colosse, and in the church at that place, (ver.
Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon …
Colossians 4:9,17 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. …
