Philemon 1:15

Perhaps, indeed, lie departed for a short time for this reason, that you might receive him forever;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

In Context

14but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

16no longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially by me, and how much more by you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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Cross References

Acts 4:28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done.

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 →

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