Filemón 1:7

7 Pues he llegado a tener mucho gozo y consuelo en tu amor, porque los corazones de los santos han sido confortados por ti, hermano.

Filemón 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Philemon 1:7

For we have great joy and consolation in thy love
In the expressions and acts of it to the poor saints; for which reason the apostle gives thanks for it before; and it is a pleasure and comfort to an ingenuous mind, though it is not in his power to do good to the poor saints himself, to see that others have both abilities, and a heart to relieve them:

because the bowels of the saints are, refreshed by thee, brother;
meaning, not only that their bellies were filled with food, for the phrase is used in ( Philemon 1:20 ) where that cannot be intended; but their hearts were filled with gladness, the load upon their spirits, the pressures upon their minds were removed, and they had an inward pleasure in their souls, and rest, refreshment, and comfort, through the liberal communications of Philemon to them; who did what he did cheerfully, that so it did their souls good, as well as their bodies; and in doing which, he acted the part of a brother in Christ.

Filemón 1:7 In-Context

5 porque oigo de tu amor y de la fe que tienes hacia el Señor Jesús y hacia todos los santos;

6 y ruego que la comunión de tu fe llegue a ser eficaz por el conocimiento de todo lo bueno que hay en vosotros mediante Cristo.

7 Pues he llegado a tener mucho gozo y consuelo en tu amor, porque los corazones de los santos han sido confortados por ti, hermano.

8 Por lo cual, aunque tengo mucha libertad en Cristo para mandarte hacer lo que conviene,

9 no obstante, por causa del amor que te tengo, te ruego, siendo como soy, Pablo, anciano, y ahora también prisionero de Cristo Jesús,