Philemon 1:7
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
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For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
The bowels
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Bible References
Great joy
1 Thessalonians 1:3
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
2 John 1:4
I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.
3 John 1:3
For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
The bowels
Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
2 Corinthians 7:13
Therefore we are comforted. And besides our own comfort, we rejoiced still more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,
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Ruth 2:16
And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her."