May 2022

“So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.  If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account”…

“For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant,…

“ut I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord” (Philemon 1:14). For love to be…

“I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel” (Philemon 1:13) Here is…

“Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.  I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart” (Philemon 1:11-12).…

“I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment” (Philemon 1:10). See what is happening.  You who know the story, know that Onesimus is…

“Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,  yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you – I, Paul, an…

“For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you” (Philemon 1:7). A leader in the…

“ecause I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your…

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers” (Philemon 1:3-4) We hear…