Philemon 1:6

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

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  • Col 1:9 : 9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
  • 2 Cor 9:12-14 : 12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. 14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you.
  • 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
  • Jas 2:17 : 17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.
  • 1 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials. 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Wives and Husbands In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

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  • Phlm 1:4-5
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    4 Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

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

  • Col 1:4-11
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    4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

    5 Your 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

    6 that 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.

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

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

    9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

    11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

  • Eph 1:15-17
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    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,

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

    17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • Phlm 1:7-8
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    7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8 Paul’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 Cor 1:4-6
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    4 Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

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

    6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–

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    3 Thanksgiving 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.

    4 As 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 1:11-12
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    11 For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

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

  • 7 But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

  • Phil 1:5-7
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    5 because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

    6 For 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.

    7 For 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.

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    11 And 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,

    12 that 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.

  • Phil 1:9-11
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    9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

    10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

    11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • Phil 1:25-27
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    25 And 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,

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

    27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

  • 3 because 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.

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    7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

    8 For 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.

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

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

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    6 But 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!

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

  • 8 Paul’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.

  • 2 My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

  • 8 For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

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

    14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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

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

  • 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

  • 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,