17 If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.
If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.
He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,
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.
My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,
Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
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Commentary on Philemon 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 1
In this epistle we have,
Phm 1:1-7
Phm 1:8-25
We have here,
Amen is added, not only for strong and affectionate summing up the prayer and wish, so let it be; but as an expression of faith that it will be heard, so shall it be. And what need we more to make us happy than to have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with our spirit? This is the usual benediction, but it may be taken here to have some special respect also to the occasion; the grace of Christ with their spirits, Philemon's especially, would sweeten and mollify them, take off too deep and keen resentments of injuries, and dispose to forgive others as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us.