Philemon

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I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
- Philemon
Collection: Understanding
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Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit.
- Philemon
Collection: Grief
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A just man is not one who does no ill, But he, who with the power, has not the will.
- Philemon
Collection: Men
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It is easy for men to give advice, but difficult for one's self to follow; we have an example in physicians: for their patients they order a strict regime, for themselves, on going to bed, they do all that they have forbidden to others.
- Philemon
Collection: Men
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I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
- Philemon
Collection: Brother
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Look around you: there is not a doctor who desires the health of his friends, not a soldier who desires peace for his country.
- Philemon
Collection: Country
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In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.
- Philemon
Collection: Adversity
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Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.
- Philemon
Collection: Animal
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Temperate anger well becomes the wise.
- Philemon
Collection: Wise
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We are all crazy when we are angry.
- Philemon
Collection: Crazy
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Only the doctor and the judge have the right to inflict the death penalty without receiving the same.
- Philemon
Collection: Death
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A farmer is always going to be rich next year.
- Philemon
Collection: Years
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A field is the most just possession for men. For what nature requires it carefully bears: barley, oil, wine, figs, honey. Silver-plate and purple will do for the tragedians, not for life.
- Philemon
Collection: Wine