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 from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. 4I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers, hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints, 6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus]. 7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, 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

• hearingἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40

Cross-references for Philemon 1:5

• Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
• Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints,
• Colossians 1:4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love which ye have towards all the saints,
• Philemon 1:7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
• Psalms 16:3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.
• Acts 9:39And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
• Romans 12:13distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.
• Romans 15:25but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the assemblies of Galatia, so do ye do also.
• 1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.
• 1 John 5:1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten 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
• 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