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
graciousness (as gratifying) of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
1. grace
a. that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
2. good will, loving-kindness, favour
a. of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
3. what is due to grace
a. the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
b. the token or proof of grace, benefit
1. a gift of grace
2. benefit, bounty
4. thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.