Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

having been confident in thy obedience I did write to thee, having known that also above what I may say thou wilt do;

I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.

Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

I have written to you, trusting in your obedience, knowing, too, that you will do even more than what I say.

Even as I write, I have such confidence in your compliance with my wishes, that I am sure that you will do even more than I am asking.

Persuasus de tua obedientia scripsi tibi, sciens etiam, quod supra id, quod scribo, facturus sis.

Having confidence in thy obedience - That you would comply with all my expressed desires.
I wrote unto thee - "I have written to you;" to wit, in this Epistle.
Knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say - In all the respects which he had mentioned - in receiving Onesimus, and in his kind treatment of him. He had asked a great favor of him, but he knew that he would go even beyond what he had asked.

Having confidence in thy obedience - I know that it will please thee thus to oblige thy friend, and I know that thou wilt do more than I request, because thou feelest the affection of a son to thy spiritual father. Some think that the apostle hints to Philemon that he should manumit Onesimus.

Having confidence in thy obedience,.... In his obedience of faith to Christ, and his Gospel; he having been made willing in the day of his power to serve him, as well as to be saved by him; and being constrained by his love, and the Spirit of Christ having wrought in him both to will and to do of his good pleasure:
l wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say; the knowledge the apostle had of Philemon's cheerful obedience to Christ in all the parts of duty, encouraged him to write to him, on this head; believing that he would even do more than he had desired of him.

Having confidence in thy obedience--to my apostolic authority, if I were to "enjoin" it (Plm 1:8), which I do not, preferring to beseech thee for it as a favor (Plm 1:9).
thou will also do more--towards Onesimus: hinting at his possible manumission by Philemon, besides, being kindly received.