Phile 5 | HCSB | STEP | because I hear of your love and faith toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints .

a Dt 6:5; Mt 22:37; Gl 5:6,22; Eph 6:23; 1Th 1:3; 3:6; 5:8; 1Tm 1:14; 1Jn 4:20

Philemon 5

5 because I hear of your love ^a and faith toward ^{▼▼Lit faith that you have toward} the Lord Jesus and for all the ^{▼▼saint(s)/sanctification/sanctify/sanctified: The work of the Holy Spirit that separates believers in Jesus from the world; at the time of saving faith in Jesus, the believer is made a saint; therefore, all believers are saints. The believer participates with the Spirit in a process of transformation that continues until glorification. The goal of sanctification is progressive conformity to the image of Jesus Christ.}saints.