Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

American Standard Version

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 mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

Acts 4:28to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

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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