Philemon 1:12
I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart,
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
In Context
11Who in times past was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.
Cross References
Matthew 18:21Then Peter came to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? up to seven times?
Luke 15:20And he arose, and went to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.
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 →