Philemon 1:15

for on this account he suddenly departed from you for an hour, that you might have him back forever;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14but without your consent I did not wish to do anything; in order that your good might not be by constraint, but by the free will:

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

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Cross References

Acts 4:28to do so many things as thy hand and thy counsel did foreordain 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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