Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

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Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Great joy

3 John 1:3

The bowels

Philemon 1:20

2 Corinthians 7:13

2 Timothy 1:16

Bible References

Great joy

without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.

For what sufficient thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

I rejoiced greatly that I found thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came, and bore witness to thy truth, even as thou walkest in the truth.

The bowels

Yea, brother, I wish to have joy in thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Therefore we were comforted in your consolation; and exceeding abundantly the more rejoiced we in the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

The Lord grant mercy unto the household of Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my soul, and was not ashamed of my chain: