20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
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20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
20 Yes, brother, may I have profit of thee in the Lord; refresh my bowels in the Lord;
20 Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.
20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy.
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
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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.