Philemon 1:20
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ὀνίνημι
I would have profit
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ὀνίνημι
for which another prolonged form () is used as an alternate in some tenses (unless indeed it be identical with the base of G3686 (ὄνομα) through the idea of notoriety); to gratify, i.e. (middle voice) to derive pleasure or advantage from
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σπλάγχνον
heart
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σπλάγχνον
Bowels, tender mercies, deep affections. Splagchnon. The tender mercies of our God. Mercy in God is not a policy. It is a feeling. He is moved by your situation. He cares.
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κύριος
the] Lord;
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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