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Philemon 1:21 KJV
Philemon · chapter 1 · verse 21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.Philemon 1:21 · King James Version
Philemon 1:21 in context
19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencepeithōpersuade, to persuadeG3982 →
- obediencehypakoēobedience, compliance, submission, obedience rendered to anyone s counsels, an obedience…G5218 →
- knowingeidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- wiltpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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We have here, I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Plm 1:8-21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-25