Philemon 1:15

So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.

16no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5Do not be afraid, and let it not seem to you to be a hardship that you sold me into these regions. For God sent me before you into Egypt for your salvation.

Psalms 76:10And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?

Acts 4:28to do what your hand and your counsel had decreed would 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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