Faith and Love in the Christian Life
A. H. Drysdale, M. A. Philemon 1:5 Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; This faith embodies the theoretic principles of Christian life, while this love for saints embodies these principles on their practical side. Like heart and lungs in the body, each has its own functions; and, though separate, the one never acts apart from the other — life being the combined play of both. Faith binds to all Christian verities, translating them into personal convictions; while love binds to all Christian motives, translating these into personal activities — love being well called the daughter of faith and the mother of virtue and good works. (A. H. Drysdale, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; WEB: hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;