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Philemon 1:21

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

KJV

Πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά σοι, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὑπὲρ ἃ λέγω ποιήσεις.

Greek NT

Confidens in obedientia tua scripsi tibi : sciens quoniam et super id, quod dico, facies.

Vulgate

Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

ASV

Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
ὑπακοή
upakoe
noun · 15×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἃ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἃ | RP: ὃ
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2Cor 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2Cor 2:9 — For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
  • 2Cor 7:16 — I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
  • 2Thess 3:4 — And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
  • 2Thess 3:4 — And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
  • Phil 1:6 — Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 15:14 — And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.