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Philemon 1:20

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Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

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Verse 20. Yea, brother: may I enjoy thee in the Lord, enjoy the fruits of thy friendship and love for me, and rejoice with thee. In this refresh my bowels in the Lord, grant me this satisfaction. I have written freely, and with confidence in thy obedience; that is, ready compliance, in giving him and me more than I ask, to wit, his freedom. After this, he was made a deacon, and, as some say, a bishop and a martyr. See S. Jerom, and Tillemont in his art. 45. on Saint Paul, and his notes 70, 71. Witham.

HEBREWS

THE

EPISTLE OF S. PAUL, THE APOSTLE,

TO THE HEBREWS

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