Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
Galatians 5:2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
James 5:19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
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 →