Philemon 1:3 (LSB)

Passage

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Nearby Context

Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,

Philemon 1:2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

Philemon 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:4 I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,

Philemon 1:5 because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "father", "lord", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and to Apphia our sister and to..." into verse 4's "I thank my God always making mention...", so "grace" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In Philemon context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.