NEW TESTAMENT

Philemon 1:5

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hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

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Verse 5. Thy charity and faith … in the Lord Jesus, [1] and towards all the saints. In the Greek is towards Jesus Christ, and towards all the saints. By the saints he seems to mean, as elsewhere, all Christians; so that the sense may be, of thy faith towards Christ, and of thy charity towards all the saints or Christians. Witham.

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