Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
18If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
20So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
1 Corinthians 16:21I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.
Galatians 5:2See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
James 5:19My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,
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 →