Textus Receptus Bibles
Bible Analysis
Philemon 1:7
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
(See Variants Below)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Textus Receptus Support:
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Variants
Both the Stephanus 1550 and the Beza 1598 Textus Receptus do not fully support this verse. In many cases the verse is supported from either the Bishop's Bible, Tyndale Bible or the Erasmus reading.
Variant: Read "great thankfulness" instead of "great joy."
Greek-English Dictionary
an intestine (plural); figuratively pity or sympathy
1. bowels, intestines, (the heart, lungs, liver, etc.)
a. bowels
b. the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions, such as anger and love; but by the Hebrews as the seat of the tenderer affections, esp. kindness, benevolence, compassion; hence our heart (tender mercies, affections, etc.)
c. a heart in which mercy resides
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.