Philemon 1:15

For to this end perhaps was he separated from thee for a season, that thou mightest receive him for ever;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 consent would I do nothing; that this good deed of thine might not be as of necessity, but from thy own choice.

16no longer as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved, especially by me, but how much more by thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

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Cross References

Acts 4:28to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should 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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