Filemón 1:7

7 Porque tenemos gran gozo y consolación en tu caridad, de que por ti, oh hermano, han sido recreadas las entrañas de los santos.

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 Oyendo tu caridad, y la fe que tienes en el Señor Jesús, y para con todos los santos;

6 que la comunicación de tu fe sea eficaz, para conocimiento de todo el bien que está en vosotros, por Cristo Jesús.

7 Porque tenemos gran gozo y consolación en tu caridad, de que por ti, oh hermano, han sido recreadas las entrañas de los santos.

8 Por lo cual, aunque tengo mucha resolución en Cristo de mandarte en lo que te conviene,

9 ruego antes por la caridad porque soy tal, es a saber, Pablo ya anciano, y aun ahora preso por amor de Jesús, el Cristo;