Philemon 1:15

Perhaps for this reason you were separated from him for an hour, in order that you might have him back forever,

Montgomery 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 your consent I was unwilling to do anything, so that your kindness to me might be of your own free will, and not of compulsion.

16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a brother beloved; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both as a man and a fellow Christian.

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Cross References

Acts 4:28"to do all that thy power and thy will had predetermined 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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