Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, do write it with my own hand, I will repay it; that I may not say to you, that you owe to me even yourself besides.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18But if he has done you any wrong, or owes you any thing, put that to my account.
20Yes, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my heart in the Lord.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 16:21The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand.
Galatians 5:2Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, my true son in the faith; grace, mercy, peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
James 5:19Brethren, if any among you should err from the truth, and one should turn him back,
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 →