Philemon 1:5

Philemon 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
• New International Version (NIV)because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
• New King James Version (NKJV)hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

Context of Philemon 1:5

3Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of your faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints (God’s people). 6I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective and powerful because of your accurate knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ. 7For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God’s people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.

Philemon 1:5 word by word

ἀκούων σου τὴν ἀγάπην καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἣν ἔχεις πρὸς τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Hearingἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• of thyσύsu · youG4771
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• towardπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• towardεἰςeis · towardG1519
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40

Cross-references for Philemon 1:5

• Galatians 5:6For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love.
• Ephesians 1:15For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
• Colossians 1:4for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [how you lean on Him with absolute confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness], and of the [unselfish] love which you have for all the saints (God’s people);
• Philemon 1:7For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God’s people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.
• Psalms 16:3As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land, They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
• Acts 9:39So Peter got up [at once] and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upstairs room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing [him] all the tunics and robes that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
• Romans 12:13contributing to the needs of God’s people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality.
• Romans 15:25But for now, I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints (Jewish believers).
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the money collected for [the relief of] the saints [in Jerusalem], you are to do the same as I directed the churches of Galatia to do.
• 1 John 3:23This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us.
• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.

Commentaries on Philemon 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Hearing of thy love and faith - His faith in Christ Jesus, his love to the saints. Several excellent MSS. and some versions put faith before love, which makes a more natural reading. There is no figure of speech which would vindicate our saying faith in the saints; so that, if we do not allow of the arrangement in the MSS. referred to, we shall be obliged to have recourse to the transposition, because faith must refer to Jesus Christ, and love to the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Hearing of thy love and faith - Either by Onesimus, who, after his conversion, would be disposed to state all that he knew that was favorable of Philemon, or hearing it by some other persons who had come from Colosse to Rome. The faith which is mentioned here refers to the Lord Jesus; the love, to the saints. The order in the Greek is indeed the same as in our version, but it is not unusual by synthesis, or uniting two or more things together, to arrange…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5It is by faith in Christ that we are saved, and it is by love for fellow Christians that we live out our salvation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Hearing--the ground of his thanksgiving. It is a delicate mark of authenticity, that he says "hearing" as to churches and persons whom he had not seen or then visited. Now Colosse, Philemon's place of residence, he had never yet seen. Yet Phm 19 here implies that Philemon was his convert. Philemon, doubtless, was converted at Ephesus, or in some other place where he met Paul. love and faith--The theological order is first faith then love, the fruit of…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Philemon
• joy, joyful, rejoice, glad

Commentaries on Philemon 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings