Philemon 1:19
I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18But if he has wronged thee, or owes anything, charge this to me.
20Yes, brother, let me have a favor of thee in Lord. Refresh my bowels in Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of Paul by my hand.
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.
1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, a genuine child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
James 5:19Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him,
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →