Philemon 1:15

for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

16not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:5And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 76:10For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.

Acts 4:28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

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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