Philemon 1:3–4
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ.
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
I thanke my God, making mention of thee alwayes in my prayers,
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3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
3Wee are bound to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charitie of euery one of you al towards each other aboundeth:
- 2 Timothy 1:3Rank 7 from verse 4
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Philemon 1:3
Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.
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Jesus Christ
The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.
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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.
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Philemon 1:4
To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: To speak of, name, or refer to. Sense 2: As a noun, a spoken reference or remembrance.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Requests, petitions, supplications, intercessions, or thanksgivings addressed to God.
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2And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
2And to our beloued Apphia, and Archippus our fellow Souldier, and to the Church in thy house.
3Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Iesus Christ.
Selected passage4I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
4I thanke my God, making mention of thee alwayes in my prayers,
Selected passage5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
5Hearing of thy loue, and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and toward all Saints: