Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Let me have joy of thee (egw sou onaimhn). Second aorist middle optative of oninhmi, old verb, only here in N.T. Optative the regular construction for a wish about the future. "May I get profit from thee in the Lord."
Refresh my heart in Christ (anapauson mou ta splagxna en Xristw). See verse Philemon 1:7 for anapauson (first aorist active imperative of anapauw) and splagxna (3 times in this letter, 0:0-1:1).
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