4 I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,
First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,
We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;
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Commentary on Philemon 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 1
In this epistle we have,
Phm 1:1-7
Phm 1:8-25
We have here,
Amen is added, not only for strong and affectionate summing up the prayer and wish, so let it be; but as an expression of faith that it will be heard, so shall it be. And what need we more to make us happy than to have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with our spirit? This is the usual benediction, but it may be taken here to have some special respect also to the occasion; the grace of Christ with their spirits, Philemon's especially, would sweeten and mollify them, take off too deep and keen resentments of injuries, and dispose to forgive others as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us.