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For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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What "Refreshed Hearts" Means
Scholars explain that the phrase "the hearts of the saints are refreshed" uses rich language. The Greek word for "hearts" (literally "bowels") refers to the deepest seat of human emotions. The word for "refreshed" is the same one Jesus uses in Matthew 11:28 when He promises rest to the weary. Philemon's generosity provided not just physical aid but deep spiritual comfort and relief to fellow believers.
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Philemon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For we have great joy and consolation in your love. In your love towards Christians. The word here rendered joy (carin),…
I had (εσχον). Ingressive second aorist active indicative of εχω, not ειχομην as the Textus Receptus has it. Paul refers to his jo…
19th Century
Anglican
The bowels of the saints are refreshed by you.—This same idea is continued here. St. Paul declares that his special joy w…
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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 …
Paul has been repeatedly impressed by the expressions of Philemon’s love; they have brought him much joy and comfort. This verse justifies Paul’s e…
16th Century
Protestant
We have much grace and consolation. Although this reading is found in the majority of Greek copies, yet I think that it ought to be transl…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we have great joy and consolation in your love In the expressions and acts of it to the poor saints; for which reason the …
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…
