KJVHaving confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Philemon — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. A prisoner of Jesus Christ. In the same sense in which he elsewhere calls himself an Apostle of Christ, or a minister of Christ, he now calls himself "a prisoner of Christ;" because the chains by which he was bound on account of the gospel, were the ornaments or…