Philemon 1:21 · KJV
“Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.”
— Philemon 1:21
Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
Philemon 1 — Context
I Paul have written {it} with mine own hand, I will repay {it}: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all.
2 Corinthians 7:16
I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all {things}.
2 Corinthians 8:22
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which {I have} in you. {I have: or, he hath}
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.