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 and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! 4I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. 6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ. 7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, 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 in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
• Ephesians 1:15For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
• Colossians 1:4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
• Philemon 1:7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
• Psalms 16:3As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much –
• Acts 9:39So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
• Romans 12:13Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
• Romans 15:25But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
• 1 Corinthians 16:1With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:
• 1 John 3:23Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by 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