Philemon 1:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.”
Philemon 1:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Philemon 1:2113 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Philemon 1:21
What stone would not these things have softened? What wild beast would not these things have rendered mild, and prepared to receive him heartily? After having borne witness to him by so many great testimonies of his goodness, he is not ashamed again to excuse himself. He says, Not barely requesting it, nor as commanding it, nor arbitrarily, but “having confidence in your obedience I wrote to you.” What he had said at the beginning, “having confidence,” that he also says here…
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