Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
Verse Takeaways
1
A Model of Personal Prayer
Commentators emphasize Paul's prayer life as a powerful example. Despite being imprisoned, he consistently prayed for specific individuals like Philemon by name. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill note this demonstrates a deep, personal, and persistent habit of intercession that believers can emulate, remembering friends before God.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Philemon
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
9
18th Century
Presbyterian
I thank my God. That is, for what I hear of you.
Making mention of you always in my prayers. See a similar declaration res…
Always (παντοτε). Goes with ευχαριστω though so far away in the Greek sentence.
Making mention of thee (μν…
19th Century
Anglican
I thank my God . . .—Note the almost exact verbal coincidence with the salutations in Ephesians 1:15-16;[Reference Philip…
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
Baptist
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, hearing of …
In both pagan and Christian letters of the first centuries of the Christian era, the salutation was often followed by an expression of thanksgiving…
16th Century
Protestant
I give thanks to my God. It deserves attention that he prays at the same time for the very thing for which he “gives thanks.” Even the mos…
Get curated content & updates
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I thank my God Meaning on account of Philemon, for the grace bestowed upon him, thereafter mentioned; (See Gill on Romans 1:8
Faith in Christ, and love for Him, should unite saints more closely than any outward relationship can unite the people of the world. Paul, in his p…
13th Century
Catholic
1. The occasion for this epistle is as follows. At Colossae, an important Christian had a servant who secretly fled to Rome, where he was ba…
