Philemon 1:15

Maybe you lost him for a while so that you could have him back forever!

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But I decided not to do anything without your permission. I didn't want you to be forced to do good, but to do so willingly.

16He's not a servant anymore, because he's more than a servant. He's a specially-loved brother, particularly to me, and even more to you, both as a man and as a fellow-believer in the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5But don't be worried or get angry with yourselves that you sold me to be a slave here, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to save lives.

Psalms 76:10Even human anger against you makes you look glorious, for you wear it alike a crown.

Acts 4:28They did whatever you had already decided because you had the power and the will to do it.

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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