Philemon 1:17
If then thou art with me a partaker, receive him as mine.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
In Context
18And if of any thing he hath deprived thee, or oweth, that reckon unto me.
Cross References
Matthew 12:48But he answered and said to him who spake to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?
Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say to them, Amen I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me you did it.
2 Corinthians 8:23Whether, then, (you regard) Titos, he is my companion and helper among you, or the other brethren, they are the apostles of the churches of the glory of Meshiha.
Philippians 1:7For so it is right for me to think concerning you all, because you are laid up in my heart; and in my bonds, and in the defence of the truth of the gospel, you are partakers with me in grace.
Philemon 1:10And I entreat of thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimos,
Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, my holy brethren, who have been called with the calling that from heaven, contemplate this Apostle and High Priest of our confession, JESHU MESHIHA!
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 →