Philemon 1:20

So, brother, I shall use thee in the Lord; [full-]fill thou mine entrails in Christ (or fill thou my heart full with the Messiah).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

In Context

19I, Paul, wrote with mine (own) hand, (and) I shall yield (it); (and) that I say not to thee, that also thou owest to me thyself.

21I trusting of thine obedience wrote to thee, witting that thou shalt do over that that I say (or knowing that thou shalt do even more than what I ask you to do).

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:4Much trust is to me with you, much glorying is to me for you. I am [full-]filled with comfort, I am plenteous in joy [or I abound in joy] in all our tribulation.

Philippians 1:8For God is a witness to me (or For God is my witness), how I covet all (of) you in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brethren most dearworthy and most desired, my joy and my crown, so stand ye in the Lord, most dear brethren.

1 Thessalonians 3:7therefore, brethren, we be comforted in you, in all our need and tribulation, by your faith. (and so, brothers, we be strengthened by you, in all our need and troubles, by your faith.)

Philemon 1:12whom I sent again to thee. And receive thou him as mine entrails (or And receive him as thou would receive me);

1 John 3:17He that hath the chattel [or the substance] of this world, and seeth that his brother hath need, and closeth his entrails from him, how dwelleth the charity of God in him? (or how can he say that the love of God dwelleth within 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 →

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