Philemon 1:15

for perhaps because of this he departed for an hour, that you may have him continuously,

Literal 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 apart from your mind I willed to do nothing, so that your good deed may not be as of necessity, but of willingness,

16no longer as a servant, but above a servant—a beloved brother, especially to me, and how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the LORD!

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5and now, do not be grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that you sold me here, for God has sent me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praises You, || You gird on the remnant of fierceness.

Acts 4:28to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel determined before 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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