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

3May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4I always thank my God when I pray for you, Philemon, because I keep hearing about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people. 6And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ. 7Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of 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 5:6For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
• Ephesians 1:15Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere,
• Colossians 1:4For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people,
• Philemon 1:7Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people.
• Psalms 16:3The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!
• Acts 9:39So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.
• Romans 12:13When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
• Romans 15:25But before I come, I must go to Jerusalem to take a gift to the believers there.
• 1 Corinthians 16:1Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia.
• 1 John 3:23And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

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