Philemon 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 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;
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 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.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
  • 3 John 1:3-6 : 3 For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way. 4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way. 5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places; 6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
  • 1 Thess 3:9 : 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 1:20-21
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    20 So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

    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.

  • Phlm 1:5-6
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    82%

    5 Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    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.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 7:13
    82%

    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.

  • Eph 1:15
    80%

    15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • Col 1:4
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    4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

  • 1 Thess 3:6-7
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    6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

    7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.

    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.

  • Phil 2:1
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    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,

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    78%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

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

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

  • 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.

  • Rom 1:11-12
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    77%

    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 7:7
    77%

    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 2:8
    77%

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

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    76%

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

  • Col 1:8
    76%

    8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

  • 2 Thess 2:16-17
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    16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

    17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    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;

  • 2 Cor 1:6-7
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    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

    7 And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

  • Phlm 1:12
    75%

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

  • 2 Cor 1:4
    75%

    4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

  • Col 2:2
    75%

    2 So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,

  • Phlm 1:16
    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.

  • Phil 1:26
    75%

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

  • Rom 15:32
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    32 So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.

  • 2 Cor 1:11-12
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    11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

  • 3 John 1:3
    75%

    3 For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

  • Phil 4:10
    74%

    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.

  • Phil 1:3
    74%

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

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

  • 2 John 1:12
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    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.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

    6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

  • Phil 1:5
    74%

    5 Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

  • Phil 4:1
    74%

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