Philemon 1:3

3 grace be to you [grace to you], and peace of God our Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Philemon 1:3

Grace to you and peace, from God
Which is the same form of salutation used in the other epistles; (See Gill on Romans 1:7) for though this epistle is but a very small one, yet it is introduced in the same form as the larger epistles are; and has an inscription in the former verse, a salutation in this, and a preface in the three following.

Philemon 1:3 In-Context

1 Paul, the bound of Christ Jesus [the bound of Jesus Christ], and Timothy, brother, to Philemon, beloved, and our helper [and our even-worker],

2 and to Apphia, most dear sister, and to Archippus, our even-knight, and to the church that is in thine house,

3 grace be to you [grace to you], and peace of God our Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I do thankings to my God, evermore making mind of thee in my prayers,

5 hearing thy charity and faith, that thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and to all holy men,