Philemon 1:12
Whom I haue sent agayne: Thou therefore receaue hym, that is, myne owne bowels,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
In Context
11Which in tyme passed, was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable to thee and to me.
Cross References
Matthew 18:21Then came Peter to hym, and sayde: Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me, and I forgeue hym? tyll seuen tymes?
Luke 15:20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.
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 →