Philemon 1:21 BSB — MannaFest

Philemon 1:21

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

KJV

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Philemon (420)

"Confident in your obedience, I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say." Whoever presumes of him whom he is about to ask, prejudices himself in a certain manner, that it may not be lawful for him to deny what he is asked. Moreover, if he who asks knows that he will be asked for more than he has asked, he seeks smaller things, that he may have the voluntary compliance of the person asked, and a greater reward in return.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Having confidence in thy obedience - That you would comply with all my expressed desires. I wrote unto thee - “I have written to you;” to wit, in this Epistle. Knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say - In all the respects which he had mentioned - in receiving Onesimus, and in his kind treatment of him. He had asked a great favor of him, but he knew that he would go even beyond what he had asked.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πεποιθὼς	Pepoithōs	Having been persuaded of	G3982 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ὑπακοῇ	hupakoēa	obedience	G5218 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἔγραψά	egrapsa	I write	G1125 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
εἰδὼς	eidōs	knowing
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	above	G5228 →
ἃ	ha	what [things]	G3739 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ποιήσεις.	poiēseis	you will do.	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Thessalonians 3:4
And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:3
  I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10
  And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
- Philippians 2:12
  Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Through
Galatians 5:10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
leads to
- Galatians 5:12
  As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!
- Philippians 3:15
  All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
Through
2 Corinthians 2:3
I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share…
leads to
- Galatians 5:10
  I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
- 2 Corinthians 8:22
  And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Philemon

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Philemon