Philemon 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 7:13 : 13 Therefore we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoice greatly that I have found [certain] of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
  • 3 John 1:3-6 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth. 4 Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal; 6 who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
  • 1 Thess 3:9 : 9 For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:20-21
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    20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

    21Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

  • Phlm 1:5-6
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    82%

    5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

  • 2 Cor 7:13
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    13Therefore we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all.

  • Eph 1:15
    80%

    15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

  • Col 1:4
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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

  • 1 Thess 3:6-7
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    6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

    7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I say it not to condemn [you] : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

  • Phil 2:1
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    1If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    78%

    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

    8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

    16I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    78%

    3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

    4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

  • Rom 1:11-12
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    77%

    11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

    12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

  • 2 Cor 7:7
    77%

    7and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

  • 2 Cor 2:8
    77%

    8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    76%

    4longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Col 1:8
    76%

    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

  • 2 Thess 2:16-17
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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

    17comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

  • 2 Cor 1:6-7
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    6But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

    7and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

  • Phlm 1:12
    75%

    12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

  • 2 Cor 1:4
    75%

    4who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

  • Col 2:2
    75%

    2that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, [even] Christ,

  • Phlm 1:16
    75%

    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

  • Phil 1:26
    75%

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

  • Rom 15:32
    75%

    32that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

  • 2 Cor 1:11-12
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    11ye also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.

    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  • 3 John 1:3
    75%

    3For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

  • Phil 4:10
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    10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.

  • Phil 1:3
    74%

    3I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;

    6who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:

  • Phil 1:5
    74%

    5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

  • Phil 4:1
    74%

    1Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.