Philemon 1:20 Cross References - Moffatt

²⁰ Come, brother, let me have some return from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.

² For if I pain you, then who is to give me pleasure? None but the very people I am paining!

⁴ I have absolute confidence in you, I am indeed proud of you, you are a perfect comfort to me, I am overflowing with delight, for all the trouble I have to bear. ⁵ For I got no relief from the strain of things, even when I reached Macedonia; it was trouble at every turn, wrangling all round me, fears in my own mind. ⁶ But the God who comforts the dejected comforted me by the arrival of Titus. ⁷ Yes, and by more than his arrival, by the comfort which you had been to him; for he gave me such a report of how you longed for me, how sorry you were, and how eagerly you took my part, that it added to my delight.

¹³ That is what comforts me. And over and above my personal comfort, I was specially delighted at the delight of Titus. You have all set his mind at rest.

⁸ (God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!)

¹ So by all the stimulus of Christ, by every incentive of love, by all your participation in the Spirit, by all your affectionate tenderness, ² I pray you to give me the utter joy of knowing you are living in harmony, with the same feelings of love, with one heart and soul,

¹ So then, my brothers, for whom I cherish love and longing, my joy and crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, O my beloved.

¹⁹ For who is our hope, our joy, our crown of pride (who but you?) in the presence of our Lord Jesus on his arrival? ²⁰ Why, you, you are our glory and joy!

⁷ then, amid all my own distress and trouble, I was cheered — this faith of yours encouraged me. ⁸ It is life to me now, if you stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ How can I render thanks enough to God for you, for all the joy you make me feel in the presence of our God?

⁷ I have had great joy and encouragement over your love, my brother, over the way you have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

¹² I am sending him back to you, and parting with my very heart.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

¹⁷ But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear of my children living in the Truth.