I had (escon). Ingressive second aorist active indicative of ecw, not eicomhn as the Textus Receptus has it. Paul refers to his joy when he first hea...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 119:122??(King James Version)Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. ?surety Genesis 4...
ONESIMUS o-nes'-i-mus (Onesimos, literally, profitable, helpful (Colossians 4:9; Philemon 1:10)): 1. With Paul in Rome: Onesimus was a slave (Philem...
Onesimus [N] [H] [S]useful, a slave who, after robbing his master Philemon (q.v.) at Colosse, fled to Rome, where he was converted by the apostle Paul...
Philemon [N] [H] [S]an inhabitant of Colosse, and apparently a person of some note among the citizens ( Colossians 4:9 ; Philemon 1:2 ). He was broug...
INTRODUCTION The testimonies to its authenticity are--ORIGEN [Homily 19, on Jeremiah, vol. 1., p. 185, Edition Huetius], cites it as the letter of ...
Onesimus (Onhsimon). A common name among slaves and made like Chresimus, Chrestus. The word is from onhsi (profit) and that from oninhmi, to profit, ...
If then thou countest me a partner (ei oun me ecei koinwnon). As I assume that you do, condition of the first class. Receive him as myself (proslabou...
APPHIA af'-i-a, ap'-fi-a (Apphia, dative case of Apphia; in Philemon 1:2, though Apphia, Amphia, and Appia, also occur): A Christian of Colosse, prob...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 23:24??(King James Version)The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise chi...
Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ Not made a prisoner by Christ, though he was apprehended, laid hold on, and detained by Christ as a pris...
Philemon 1:12 Whom I have sent again From Rome to Colosse, or to Philemon, wherever he was, along with this epistle: thou therefore receive him, that...
Without thy mind (cwri th sh gnwmh). Judgment, purpose ( 1?Corinthians 1:10 ; 1?Corinthians 7:25 ). Ablative case with cwri (apart from). I would do...
Philemon 1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience In his obedience of faith to Christ, and his Gospel; he having been made willing in the day of his po...
Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee Either for the sake of the great love which the apostle bore to Philemon, being, as he calls hi...
Overview - Philippians 2 1?Paul exhorts them to unity, and to all humbleness of mind, by the example of Christ's humility and exaltation; 12?to a care...
Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeProverbs 17:21??(King James Version)He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no j...
Overview - Colossians 4 1?He exhorts them to be fervent in prayer; 5?to walk wisely toward them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ...
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Philemon 1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing Which shows great modesty and humility in the apostle, that though as such he had an authority, ...