Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
Ver. 5. Hearing of thy love and faith] Love is first mentioned, as more noticed. But faith is the mother grace, the womb wherein love and all the rest of that heavenly offspring are conceived.
Verse Philemon 1:5. _HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH_] His _faith_ in Christ Jesus, his _love_ to the saints. Several excellent MSS. and some versions put _faith_ before _love_, which makes a more natu...
HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH - Either by Onesimus, who, after his conversion, would be disposed to state all that he knew that was favorable of Philemon, or hearing it by some other persons who had c...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATION _ 1. The greeting (Philemon 1:1)_ 2. Recognition of Philemon's faith and love (Philemon 1:4) 3. Concerning the reception of Onesimus (Philemon 1:8) 4.The conclusion ...
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 wi...
A MAN TO WHOM IT WAS EASY TO APPEAL (Philemon 1:1-7)...
This is a letter from Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our well-beloved and our fellow-worker; and to Apphia, the sister, and to Archippus, our fellow-sol...
LOVE. the love. App-135. FAITH. the faith. App-150. TOWARD. Greek. _pros_. App-104. LORD. App-98. JESUS. App-98. TOWARD. Greek. _eis,_ App-104. SAINTS. the saints. See Acts 9:13....
_hearing_ doubtless from Epaphras, perhaps with Onesimus" confirmation from _his_point of view. The Greek implies _a process_of hearing; the subject was _continually_present in conversation. _love_ S...
ΤῊΝ� אACGKLP, etc. The order is changed by D, some cursives, Pesh. Arm. Ambrst. to avoid an exegetical difficulty (see Commentary). ΕἸΣ ΤῸΝ ΚΎΡ. ACD*, appy Ambrst. τρὸς τ. κ. Text. Rec. with אDCGKLP,...
4–7. _Introductory thanksgiving for Philemon’s faith and kindness to the saints_ Apart from the Christian courtesy, and the tact under the circumstances, of such an introduction, St Paul here, as alwa...
ΆΚΟΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G19) слышать. Part, может быть причинним ("потому что я слышал") и указывать на причину благодарности Павла (Vincent; O'Brien), ΠΊΣΤΙΣ (G4102) вера, верность, пре...
HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH,— "Hearing, with greater pleasure than I can express, of the steady faith which thou hast, and always maintainest, toward the Lord Jesus Christ, as the great object to wh...
II. _PAUL'S THANKS FOR PHILEMON;_ PHILEMON 1:4-7. 4. I thank _my_ God always, making mention of thee in my prayers, a. As in many of his epistles Paul starts the section right after his greeting wit...
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; HEARING - the ground of thanksgiving. It is a delicate mark of authenticity, that he says "hearing" as to...
4 The name Philemon means "fond". He seems to have been a most exemplary character, whose reputation had reached Paul's ears, and had given him joy in the midst of the sorrows and dangers of his situa...
A VERY PRECIOUS LETTER PAUL’S LETTER TO PHILEMON _KEITH NEVILLE AND MARION ADAMS_ ABOUT THIS LETTER This is a very personal letter. It does not teach about Christian beliefs. It does not give ad...
THY LOVE AND FAITH, WHICH THOU HAST TOWARD THE LORD JESUS, AND TOWARD ALL SAINTS. — This description of a faith directed not only to the Lord Jesus, but to all the saints, has perplexed commentators,...
CHAPTER 5 Philemon 1:4 (R.V.) PAUL'S was one of those regal natures to which things are possible that other men dare not do. No suspicion of weakness attaches to him when he pours out his heart in lo...
ἀκούων : probably from Epaphras, see Colossians 1:7-8; Colossians 4:12 (Lightfoot). τὴν ἀγάπην …: _i.e._, the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love which thou showest to al...
A PLEA FOR THE RETURNING SLAVE Philemon 1:1 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...
PHILEMON'S LOVE AND FAITH Paul regularly thanked God for Philemon as he approached the throne of grace in prayer (Philemon 1:4). Here again we have an indication of the prayerfulness of the apostle P...
_Thy charity and faith....in the Lord Jesus, [1] and towards all the saints. In the Greek is towards Jesus Christ, and towards all the saints. By the saints he seems to mean, as elsewhere, all Christi...
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, (5) Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; (6) That the communication of thy faith ma...
5._Hearing of thy love and faith. _This praise, which he bestows on Philemon, includes briefly the whole perfection of a Christian man. It consists of two parts, faith in Christ, and love towards our...
The very beautiful and interesting Epistle to Philemon does not require much comment; it is an expression of the love which works by the Spirit within the assembly of God in all the circumstances of i...
HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH,.... Those two spring from the free favour and love of God, and are the pure gifts of his grace; and therefore thanks are to be given for them to God; nor are they to be...
_I thank my God_, &c. This epistle, which infinitely transcends all the wisdom of this world, gives us an admirable specimen how Christians ought to treat of secular affairs from higher principles; _m...
HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH WHICH THOU HAST TOWARD THE LORD JESUS AND TOWARD ALL THE SAINTS,...
PAUL'S THANKFULNESS AND SYMPATHY ON ACCOUNT OF PHILEMON'S CHRISTIAN STATE....
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 frien...
HEARING OF THY LOVE; thy love to God and to the saints, PHILEMON 1:7. The apostle putteth love here before faith, contrary to the true order of those spiritual habits, for love must be the fruit of fa...
Philemon 1:5 hearing G191 (G5723) your G4675 love G26 and G2532 faith G4102 which G3739 have G2192 ...
_Philemon's good offices to the Church St. Paul's thankfulness thereat,_ vv. 4-7. He has to appeal for an act of forgiveness to be shown to Onesimus; the apostle therefore, in words of deep thankfulne...
Philemon 1:5. HEARING OF THY LOVE. This was the cause of the thankfulness. The seed sown was bringing forth fruit. How the apostle had heard of the love shown to the congregation at Colossæ, we can on...
HEARING (ακουων). Through Epaphras (Colossians 1:7; Colossians 1:8; Colossians 4:12), possibly from Onesimus also.AND TOWARDS ALL THE SAINTS (κα εις παντας τους αγιους). He spoke of "thy love and...
CONTENTS: Greeting to Philemon. Intercession for Onesimus. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy, Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, Paul, Epaphras, Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas. CONCLUSION: Wise and good...
FOR I HEAR OF YOUR LOVE. Note Paul puts Philemon's love ahead of his faith....
PHILEMON—NOTE ON PHILEMON 1:4 Thanksgiving and Prayer. Before Paul makes his appeal, he expresses his gratitude for Philemon (vv. Philemon 1:4) and describes how he prays f
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Philemon 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...
EXPOSITION PHILEMON 1:1 A PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS. He writes a private letter, as friend to friend, and therefore does not describe himself by his official title of apostle. Having to plead the cau...
Tonight let's turn to Philemon. Philemon was written by Paul the apostle unto the man whose name is Philemon who lived in Colossi. This letter was written at the same time that Paul wrote the Colossia...
Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 1:4; Philemon 1:7; Psalms 16:
ONESIMUS Philemon 1:1 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 Go...
Hearing — Probably from Onesimus....
Our apostle having discovered to Philemon his fervent prayers for him, next makes mention of the excellent graces which were so orient and shining in him, namely, his faith and his love; his faith in...