Philemon 1:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
  • 2 Cor 7:16 : 16 I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.
  • 2 Cor 8:22 : 22 And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
  • 2 Thess 3:4 : 4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

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  • Phlm 1:5-8
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    5because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

    6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

    7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

    16I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

  • Phlm 1:22
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    22At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

    9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.

  • Phlm 1:19-20
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    19I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.

    20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

    4For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.

  • Rom 15:14-15
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    14Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

    15But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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    15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • Phil 1:19
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    19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 1:9
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    9And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

  • Phil 1:14
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    14and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

  • 2 Cor 8:22
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    22And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.

  • Phil 2:18-19
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    18And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

    19Models for Ministry Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

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    19I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
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    13For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

  • Phil 1:6-7
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    6For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.

    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • Rom 16:19
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    19Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

  • Phil 2:28
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    28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • 1 Tim 3:14
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    14Conduct in God’s Church I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13Conclusion I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.

  • Heb 13:22
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    22Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

  • Rom 1:12
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    12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

  • 1 Cor 16:6
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    6and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.

  • Phil 3:4
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    4– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

  • Rom 1:10
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    10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.

  • Rom 15:29
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    29and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

  • Phil 2:12
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    12Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

  • 2 Cor 8:8
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    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.