Philemon 1:21
Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Confidens in obedientia tua scripsi tibi : sciens quoniam et super id, quod dico, facies.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά σοι, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑπὲρ ἃ λέγω ποιήσεις.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, Philemon 1:17-19
Ver. 21 . “Having confidence in thy obedience, I write unto thee.” What stone would not these things have softened? What wild beast would not these things have rendered mild, and prepared to receive him heartily? After having borne witness to him by so many great testimonies of his goodness, he is not ashamed again to excuse himself. He says, Not barely requesting it, nor as commanding it, nor arbitrarily, but “having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee.” What he had said at the beginning, “having confidence,” that he also says here in the sealing up of his letter. “Knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.” At the same time in saying this he excited him. For he would have been ashamed, though for nothing else, if having such credit with him as this, that he would do more than he said, he should not do so much.