Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For—a reason for the prayer, Philemon 1:4-6.
we have—Greek, "we had."
joy and consolation—joined in II Corinthians 7:4.
saints are refreshed by thee—His house was open to them.
brother—put last, to conciliate his favorable attention to the request which follows.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Philemon 1:7:
Philemon 1:9
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