Philemon 1:15

But, perhaps, for this he passed away for an hour, that thou mayest hold him for ever;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 counsel I was not willing to do any thing, that thy goodness might not be as by constraint, but of thy will.

16not henceforth as a servant, but as more than a servant, a beloved brother of mine, and how much more of thine, both in the flesh and in our Lord!

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Cross References

Acts 4:28to work whatsoever thy hand and thy will have signified before should be done.

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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