Philemon 1:20 Cross References - MNT

²⁰ Come my brother, let me have joy in the Lord because of you! Refresh my heart in Christ!

² for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?

⁴ Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy. ⁵ For even after I reached Macedonia, my flesh had no rest, but I was troubled on every hand. Without were fights; within were, fears. ⁶ But the God who comforts the down-hearted comforted me by the coming of Titus, ⁷ and not alone by his coming, but also by the comfort you had been to him. For he told me of your eager longing, of your penitence, and of your zeal on my behalf, so that I was happier still.

¹³ This is what comforts me. In addition to this comfort of mine, I have been made still happier by the happiness of Titus; because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

⁸ God is my witness how I yearn for you all in the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

¹ If then there is any comfort in Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any companionship of the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity, ² I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.

¹ Stand fast then, brothers, dearly loved and longed for, my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved!

¹⁹ For what is my hope, or joy? What is the victor's wreath in which I exult? What but your own selves in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming! ²⁰ For you are my pride and my delight.

⁷ I have been comforted, my brothers, in regard to you, in spite of all my distress and affliction over your faith. ⁸ For now I am really living, if you are standing firm in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanksgiving can I render again to God in your behalf, in return for all the joy which you cause me in the presence of my God?

⁷ For I have great joy and comfort in your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed.

¹² I am sending him back to you, he himself, that is, my very heart!

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

¹⁷ But whoever has this world's goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him?

⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are passing their lives in the truth.