Philemon 1:15

American Standard Version (1901)

For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.
  • Isa 20:6 : 6 And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

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    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

    17If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.

  • Phlm 1:11-14
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    11who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

    12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

    13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

    14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

  • Phil 2:25-30
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    25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

    26since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

    27for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

    29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

    30because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

  • 1 Cor 16:6-7
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    6but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go.

    7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

  • Phlm 1:7-9
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    7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

    9yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

  • Rom 1:10-12
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    10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

    11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

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  • Phil 1:24-26
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    24yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

    25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

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    17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

  • Col 4:9
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    9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.

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    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

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    8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

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    20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

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    11let no man therefore despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come unto me: for I expect him with the brethren.

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    22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

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    20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

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    10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.