Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

Acts 4:28to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen.

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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