Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Hearing (akouwn). Through Epaphras (Colossians 1:7-8; Colossians 4:12), possibly from Onesimus also.
And towards all the saints (kai eiv pantav touv agiouv). He spoke of "thy love and faith" (sou thn agaphn kai thn pistin) "towards the Lord Jesus" (prov ton Kurion Ihsoun) and by a sort of momentum (Vincent) he carries both words over to the saints, though it can be explained as chiasm (Galatians 4:4) also.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Philemon 1:5:
Philemon 1:7
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