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Philemon 1:7
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My brother, you have shown love to God's people, and your help has greatly encouraged them. What a great joy and encouragement that has been to me.
And we have great ioye and consolacion over thy love: for by the (brother) the saynctes hertes are comforted.
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed through you, brother.
For I have had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
I have great joy and comfort, my brother, because the love you have shown to God's people has refreshed them.
For I had much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For I have found great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of God's people have been, and are, refreshed through you, my brother.
And Y hadde greet ioye and coumfort in thi charite, for the entrailis of hooli men restiden bi thee, brother.
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
My friend, your love has made me happy and has greatly encouraged me. It has also cheered the hearts of God's people.
For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God's people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.
For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
For your love has given me much joy and encouragement. Brother, you have refreshed the hearts of God's people.
For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Timothy 1:16;">[xr]
For we have great joy and consolation, that by thy love the bowels of the saints are refreshed.
For we have great joy and consolation, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thy love.
For wee haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the Saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God's people.
Your love has given me much joy and comfort. The hearts of the Christians have been made happy by you, Christian brother.
I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.
For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted.
For we have great joy and consolation in your love, and the hearts of the saints are refreshed.
For, much joy, have I had, and encouragement, by occasion of thy love, in that, the tender affections of the saints, have had rest given them by thee, brother.
For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.
For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.
Your love, dear brother, has brought me great joy and much encouragement! You have cheered the hearts of all of God's people.
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For we have much joy and encouragement over your love, in that the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue. For by the (brother) the sayntes are hertely refresshed.
for your liberality, my brother, affected us with great joy and comfort, by your having refresh'd the bowels of the saints.
I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For we have [fn] great joy [fn] and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
The love and comfort you've shown me has helped me and countless others.
For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
great joy: 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3-6
the bowels: Philemon 1:20, 2 Corinthians 7:13, 2 Timothy 1:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 33:9 - my brother Ruth 2:16 - General 1 Chronicles 29:17 - joy thy people Job 29:13 - I caused Proverbs 27:11 - be wise Isaiah 58:7 - to deal Matthew 6:2 - when Matthew 25:16 - went Matthew 25:35 - I was an Mark 14:7 - ye have Luke 14:13 - call Acts 16:34 - when Romans 12:13 - Distributing Romans 15:32 - and may 1 Corinthians 16:1 - the saints 1 Corinthians 16:15 - to the Philippians 1:4 - with Philemon 1:5 - toward the Lord
Cross-References
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so.
and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills,
Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love,.... In the expressions and acts of it to the poor saints; for which reason the apostle gives thanks for it before; and it is a pleasure and comfort to an ingenuous mind, though it is not in his power to do good to the poor saints himself, to see that others have both abilities, and a heart to relieve them:
because the bowels of the saints are, refreshed by thee, brother; meaning, not only that their bellies were filled with food, for the phrase is used in Philemon 1:20 where that cannot be intended; but their hearts were filled with gladness, the load upon their spirits, the pressures upon their minds were removed, and they had an inward pleasure in their souls, and rest, refreshment, and comfort, through the liberal communications of Philemon to them; who did what he did cheerfully, that so it did their souls good, as well as their bodies; and in doing which, he acted the part of a brother in Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love - In thy love toward Christians. The word here rendered “joy” (χάριν charin), properly means grace. A large number of manuscripts, however, instead of this word, have χαρὰν charan, Charan, joy. See Wetstein. This reading has been adopted by Griesbach, Tittman, and Hahn.
Because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother - For your kindness to them. The word “bowels” here probably means minds, hearts, for it is used in the Scriptures to denote the affections. The sense is, that the kindness which he had shown to Christians had done much to make them happy. On the word refreshed, see 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Timothy 1:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Philemon 1:7. For we have great joy — This verse does not read harmoniously. The Greek authorizes the following arrangement: For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, O brother, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee. The apostle speaks here of the works of charity in which Philemon abounded towards poor Christians.
