Philemon 1:20

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Summary

Philemon 1:20

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Let me

Refresh

Bible References

Let me

For if I [cause] you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?

Great [is] my confidence toward you; great [is] my boasting on your behalf; I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

complete my joy, so that {you are in agreement}, having the same love, united in spirit, {having one purpose}.

So then, my beloved and greatly desired brothers, my joy and crown, thus stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

For who [is] our hope or joy or crown of boasting? [Is it] not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?

because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.

Refresh

For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

For God [is] my witness, that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Therefore, if [there is] any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?