Philemon 1:17
If, then, you count me your friend, receive him as you would me.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
In Context
18If he has caused you any loss, or owes you anything, charge it to me.
Cross References
Matthew 12:48“Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?”
Matthew 25:40And the King will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my Brothers, however lowly, you did it to me.’
2 Corinthians 8:23If I must say anything about Titus, he is my intimate companion, and he shares my work for you; if it is our Brothers, they are delegates of the Churches, an honour to Christ.
Philippians 1:7And, indeed, I am justified in feeling thus about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart — you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the Good News, shared my privilege with me.
Philemon 1:10I plead with you for this Child of mine, Onesimus, to whom, in my prison, I have become a Father.
Hebrews 3:1Therefore, Christian Brothers, you who, all alike, have received the Call from Heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our Religion.
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 →