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

3Good will and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are yours! 4⌞Philemon,⌟ I always thank my God when I mention you in my prayers because I hear about your faithfulness to the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people. 6As you share the faith you have in common with others, I pray that you may come to have a complete knowledge of every blessing we have in Christ. 7Your love ⌞for God’s people⌟ gives me a lot of joy and encouragement. You, brother, have comforted God’s people.

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 5:6As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.
• Ephesians 1:15I, too, have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people. For this reason
• Colossians 1:4We thank God because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.
• Philemon 1:7Your love ⌞for God’s people⌟ gives me a lot of joy and encouragement. You, brother, have comforted God’s people.
• Psalms 16:3Those who lead holy lives on earth are the noble ones who fill me with joy.
• Acts 9:39So Peter went with them. When he arrived, he was taken upstairs. All the widows stood around him. They were crying and showing Peter the articles of clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
• Romans 12:13Share what you have with God’s people who are in need. Be hospitable.
• Romans 15:25Right now I’m going to Jerusalem to bring help to the Christians there.
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now, concerning the money to be collected for God’s people ⌞in Jerusalem⌟: I want you to do as I directed the churches in Galatia.
• 1 John 3:23This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.
• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children.

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