Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand, I will repay. Not to say to thee, that to me thou owest also thine own self besides.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
18But if he wronged thee in any thing, or owes aught, put that to my account.
20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot 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 ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, a true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
James 5:19Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him;
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 →