A Handbook on Paul’s Letter to Philemon (Biblia.com)

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This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders...

Cheer me up is the same expression as in verse 7, “refresh my heart.” It may be expressed simply as “make me happy,” but frequently the equivalent of cheer me up is an idiomatic expression, “cause my heart to sing” or “give my heart sweetness.” Some commentators (for example, Vincent, Moule, Lohse; see NAB) take verse 21 to be the beginning of a new section, but it seems preferable to keep it (together with the closely related verse 22) as the conclusion of the main section, since there

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