Philemon 1:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 1:15 : 15 Prayer 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,
  • Col 1:4 : 4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
  • 1 John 5:1-2 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much–
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them. 40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
  • Rom 15:25-26 : 25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Cor 16:1 : 1 A Collection to Aid Jewish Christians With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight– the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

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  • Eph 1:15-16
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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,

    16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

  • Col 1:2-8
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    2to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

    3Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Church We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

    4since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

    5Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

    6that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

    7You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave– a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf–

    8who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

  • Phlm 1:6-8
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    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,

  • 1 Thess 1:2-3
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    2Thanksgiving for Response to the Gospel We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers,

    3because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Phlm 1:3-4
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    3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

    4Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

  • Rom 1:8-9
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    8Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

    9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though they are strangers).

    6They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

  • Phil 1:3-5
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    3Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.

    4I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you

    5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

  • 1 Thess 3:5-7
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    5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

    6But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!

    7So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
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    4Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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    11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 6:23-24
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    23Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    24Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

  • 1 Thess 3:12-13
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    12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

    13so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

  • Phil 1:7-9
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    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.

    8For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

  • Titus 3:15
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    15Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

  • Col 2:5
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    5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

  • 2 Tim 1:13
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    13Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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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.

  • 2 Tim 1:5
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    5I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you.

  • 3 John 1:3
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    3For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

  • 1 Thess 3:10
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    10We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.

  • 1 Tim 1:14
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    14and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus.

  • Jude 1:21
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    21maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.

  • 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,