Philemon 1:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

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Referenced Verses

  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
  • 2 Cor 2:2 : 2 For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
  • 2 Cor 7:4-7 : 4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles. 5 For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside. 6 But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.
  • 2 Cor 7:13 : 13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:1-2 : 1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity, 2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and our joy.
  • 1 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; 8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged. 9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

    7 For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Phlm 1:12-13
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    79%

    12 Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

    13 Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

  • Phil 2:17-19
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    77%

    17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

    19 But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

  • Phlm 1:19
    77%

    19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

  • Phlm 1:21
    77%

    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • Rom 15:32
    76%

    32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

  • Phil 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

    8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Phlm 1:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

    17 If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

    4 For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    75%

    25 And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26 So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

  • Phil 1:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

    19 For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • Phil 4:1
    73%

    1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

  • Phil 3:1
    73%

    1 For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

  • Phil 2:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

    2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

  • Phil 4:4
    73%

    4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

  • Phil 4:10
    73%

    10 But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.

  • Rom 1:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

    11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

    12 That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
    73%

    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • Col 1:24
    72%

    24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

  • Phil 2:28
    72%

    28 I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    72%

    4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

  • 2 Cor 7:16
    72%

    16 It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

  • Phil 1:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

    4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

  • 2 Cor 7:13
    71%

    13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

  • 2 Tim 4:22
    71%

    22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

  • Phil 1:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • 2 Cor 2:8
    71%

    8 For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.

  • Rom 15:30
    71%

    30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  • 2 John 1:12
    71%

    12 Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.

  • Heb 13:19
    71%

    19 I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

  • Col 2:5
    70%

    5 For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:16
    70%

    16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

  • Phil 4:14
    70%

    14 But you did well to have care for me in my need.

  • 1 Cor 16:18
    70%

    18 For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

  • Phlm 1:25
    70%

    25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.