Philemon 1:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Not nowe as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, a brother beloued, specially to me: but howe much more vnto thee, both in the fleshe, and in the Lorde?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 23:8 : 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, euen Christe, and all ye are brethren.
  • 1 Tim 6:2 : 2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort.
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God.
  • Heb 3:1 : 1 Therfore holy brethren, partakers of the celestiall callyng, consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye: 23 For ye are borne a newe, not of mortal seede: but of immortal, by the worde of God, which lyueth and lasteth for euer.
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went his way, and entred into the house, and put his handes on hym, and sayde: Brother Saul, the Lorde (euen Iesus that appeared vnto thee in the waye as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou myghtest receaue thy syght, & be fylled with the holy ghost.
  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.
  • Gal 4:28-29 : 28 But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise. 29 But as then he that was borne after the fleshe, persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite: euen so is it now.
  • Eph 6:5-7 : 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe. 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ. 7 Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe, is borne of God: And euerie one that loueth him which begat, loueth hym also which is begotten of hym.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:17-23
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    85%

    17If thou count me therfore a felowe, receaue hym as my selfe.

    18If he haue iniuried, or oweth thee ought that lay to my charge.

    19I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande, I wyll recompence it: Albeit, I do not say to thee, howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe.

    20Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: Comfort my bowels in the Lorde.

    21Trustyng in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowyng, that thou wilt also do more then I say.

    22Moreouer, prepare me also a lodgyng: for I trust that through your prayers, I shalbe geuen vnto you.

    23There salute thee Epaphras, my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus.

  • Phlm 1:7-15
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    7For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.

    8Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

    9Yet for loues sake, I rather beseche thee, beyng such a one as Paul the aged, & nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe.

    10I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whom I haue begotten in my bondes:

    11Which in tyme passed, was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable to thee and to me.

    12Whom I haue sent agayne: Thou therefore receaue hym, that is, myne owne bowels,

    13Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell:

    14But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

    15For happyly he therfore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer:

  • Col 4:9
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    9With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother, which is of you. They shall shewe you of all thynges which are here.

  • Phlm 1:1-3
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    1Paul a prisoner of Iesus Christ, and brother Timotheus: Unto Philemo the beloued, and our felowe labourer,

    2And to the beloued Apphia, and to Archippus our felowe souldier, and to the Churche in thy house:

    3Grace to you, and peace from God our father, and the Lorde Iesus Christ.

  • Phil 2:22
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    22Ye knowe the profe of hym, that as a sonne with the father, he hath serued with me in the Gospell.

  • Phil 2:28-30
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    28I sent him therfore the more diligentlie, that when ye see him againe, ye may reioyce, and that I may be the lesse sorowfull.

    29Receaue hym therfore in the Lorde with all gladnes, & make much of such:

    30Because, for the worke of Christe, he was nye vnto death, not regardyng his lyfe, to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me.

  • Phil 4:1
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    1Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace.

    8For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places.

    14And many of the brethren of the Lord, beyng incouraged through my bondes, dare more plentifully speake the word, without feare.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15Yet count him not as an enemie, but warne hym as a brother.

  • Phil 2:25
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    25But I supposed it necessarie to sende to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labour, & felowe souldier, but your Apostle, and the minister of my neede.

  • Col 1:7
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    7As ye also learned of Epaphras, our deare felowe seruaunt, which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe:

  • Rom 15:15
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    15Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God,

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his inwarde affection is more aboundaunt towarde you, when he remembred the obedience of you all, howe with feare and tremblyng ye receaued hym.

  • Phil 1:26
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    26That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

  • 1 Tim 6:2
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    2And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort.

  • 2 John 1:12-13
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    12I had many thynges to write vnto you: neuerthelesse, I woulde not write with paper & inke, but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

    13The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee. Amen.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus, and loue vnto all the saintes,

  • 2 Cor 2:4
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    4For in great affliction and anguishe of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that ye shoulde be made sorie, but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue, most specially vnto you.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • Gal 1:2
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    2And all the brethren which are with me. Unto ye Churches of Galacia:

  • 2 Cor 8:22
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    22We haue sent with them a brother of ours, whom we haue oftentymes proued diligent in many thinges, but nowe much more diligent, for the great confidence whiche I haue in you:

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare in me.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.

  • Rom 16:2
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    2That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also.

  • 2 Cor 2:8
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    8Wherfore I pray you, that you would confirme your loue towardes hym.