Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

16Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

Acts 4:28To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed 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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