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Philemon 1:21
I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, since I know that you will do even more than I ask.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Since I am confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Since I am confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
King James Version (1611)
Hauing confidence in thy obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt also doe more then I say.
Hauing confidence in thy obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt also doe more then I say.
King James Version
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
English Standard Version
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
New American Standard Bible
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
New Century Version
I write this letter, knowing that you will do what I ask you and even more.
I write this letter, knowing that you will do what I ask you and even more.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
Legacy Standard Bible
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
Berean Standard Bible
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
Contemporary English Version
I am sure you will do all I have asked, and even more.
I am sure you will do all I have asked, and even more.
Complete Jewish Bible
Trusting that you will respond positively, I write knowing that you will indeed do more than I am asking.
Trusting that you will respond positively, I write knowing that you will indeed do more than I am asking.
Darby Translation
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Easy-to-Read Version
I write this letter knowing that you will do what I ask, and even more than I ask.
I write this letter knowing that you will do what I ask, and even more than I ask.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing yt thou wilt do eue more then I say.
Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing yt thou wilt do eue more then I say.
George Lamsa Translation
Because I have confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I ask.
Because I have confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I ask.
Good News Translation
I am sure, as I write this, that you will do what I ask—in fact I know that you will do even more.
I am sure, as I write this, that you will do what I ask—in fact I know that you will do even more.
Lexham English Bible
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even beyond what I say.
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even beyond what I say.
Literal Translation
Trusting to your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Trusting to your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
American Standard Version
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
Bible in Basic English
Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.
Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.
Hebrew Names Version
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
International Standard Version
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even more than I ask.2 Corinthians 7:16;">[xr]
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even more than I ask.2 Corinthians 7:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Because I am confident of thy hearing me, I have written to thee, and I know that more than I have asked thou wilt do.
Because I am confident of thy hearing me, I have written to thee, and I know that more than I have asked thou wilt do.
Murdock Translation
Being confident that thou wilt hearken to me, I have written to thee: and I know that thou wilt do more than I say.
Being confident that thou wilt hearken to me, I have written to thee: and I know that thou wilt do more than I say.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Trustyng in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowyng, that thou wilt also do more then I say.
Trustyng in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowyng, that thou wilt also do more then I say.
English Revised Version
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.
World English Bible
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Having confidence of thy obedience I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Having confidence of thy obedience I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
Weymouth's New Testament
I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.
I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y tristnynge of thin obedience wroot to thee, witynge that thou schalt do ouer that that Y seie.
Y tristnynge of thin obedience wroot to thee, witynge that thou schalt do ouer that that Y seie.
Update Bible Version
Having confidence in your obedience I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Having confidence in your obedience I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Webster's Bible Translation
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
New English Translation
Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.
Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.
New King James Version
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
New Living Translation
I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!
I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!
New Life Bible
I write this letter knowing you will do what I ask and even more.
I write this letter knowing you will do what I ask and even more.
New Revised Standard
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Confident of thine obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that, even beyond what I say, thou wilt do: -
Confident of thine obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that, even beyond what I say, thou wilt do: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Revised Standard Version
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Trustinge in thyne obediece I wrote vnto the knowynge that thou wilt do more then I saye for.
Trustinge in thyne obediece I wrote vnto the knowynge that thou wilt do more then I saye for.
Young's Literal Translation
having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;
having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Trustinge in thine obediece, I haue wrytten vnto the, for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye.
Trustinge in thine obediece, I haue wrytten vnto the, for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I writ this upon the presumption of your compliance, being persuaded that you will even do more than I mention.
I writ this upon the presumption of your compliance, being persuaded that you will even do more than I mention.
THE MESSAGE
I know you well enough to know you will. You'll probably go far beyond what I've written. And by the way, get a room ready for me. Because of your prayers, I fully expect to be your guest again.
I know you well enough to know you will. You'll probably go far beyond what I've written. And by the way, get a room ready for me. Because of your prayers, I fully expect to be your guest again.
Simplified Cowboy Version
As I write, I'm fully confident that you will do this and even more.
As I write, I'm fully confident that you will do this and even more.
Contextual Overview
8Therefore [on the basis of these facts], though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is appropriate, 9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus— 10I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child Onesimus, whom I have fathered [in the faith] while a captive in these chains. 11Once he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you as well as to me. 12I have sent him back to you in person, that is, like sending my very heart. 13I would have chosen to keep him with me, so that he might minister to me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel; 14but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will. 15Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, so that you would have him back forever, 16no longer as a slave, but [as someone] more than a slave, as a brother [in Christ], especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer]. 17So if you consider me a partner, welcome and accept him as you would me.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Corinthians 2:3, 2 Corinthians 7:16, 2 Corinthians 8:22, Galatians 5:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:4
Reciprocal: Romans 15:14 - I 2 Corinthians 2:9 - whether Philippians 1:6 - confident 2 Thessalonians 3:14 - obey
Cross-References
Genesis 1:18
to rule over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.
to rule over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds"; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation].
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind: livestock, crawling things, and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds"; and it was so [because He had spoken them into creation].
Genesis 1:25
So God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps and crawls on the earth according to its kind; and God saw that it was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
So God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kind, and the cattle according to their kind, and everything that creeps and crawls on the earth according to its kind; and God saw that it was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth."
Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth."
Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Genesis 6:20
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:14
they and every animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.
they and every animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
"Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 8:19
Every animal, every crawling thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went out by families (types, groupings) from the ark.
Every animal, every crawling thing, every bird—and whatever moves on the land—went out by families (types, groupings) from the ark.
Genesis 9:7
"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."
"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Having confidence in thy obedience,.... In his obedience of faith to Christ, and his Gospel; he having been made willing in the day of his power to serve him, as well as to be saved by him; and being constrained by his love, and the Spirit of Christ having wrought in him both to will and to do of his good pleasure:
l wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say; the knowledge the apostle had of Philemon's cheerful obedience to Christ in all the parts of duty, encouraged him to write to him, on this head; believing that he would even do more than he had desired of him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Having confidence in thy obedience - That you would comply with all my expressed desires.
I wrote unto thee - âI have written to you;â to wit, in this Epistle.
Knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say - In all the respects which he had mentioned - in receiving Onesimus, and in his kind treatment of him. He had asked a great favor of him, but he knew that he would go even beyond what he had asked.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Philemon 1:21. Having confidence in thy obedience — I know that it will please thee thus to oblige thy friend, and I know that thou wilt do more than I request, because thou feelest the affection of a son to thy spiritual father. Some think that the apostle hints to Philemon that he should manumit Onesimus.
