Philemon 1:15

And, perhaps, also, he therefore departed from thee for a season, that thou mightest retain him for ever;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14But I would do nothing without consulting thee; lest thy benefit should be as if by compulsion, and not with thy pleasure.

16henceforth, not as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother dear to me, and much more to thee, both in the flesh and in our Lord?

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Cross References

Acts 4:28to do whatever thy hand and thy pleasure previously marked out to 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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