Philemon 1:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

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  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives. 6 For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain. 7 God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
  • Isa 20:6 : 6 And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

    17If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.

  • Phlm 1:11-14
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    11Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:

    12Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

    14But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

  • Phil 2:25-30
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    25But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

    26Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

    27For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

    28I have sent him, then, the more gladly, so that when you see him again, you may be happy and I may have the less sorrow.

    29So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:

    30Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

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    6But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

    7For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

  • Phlm 1:7-9
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    7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

    9Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

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    10And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

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  • Phil 1:24-26
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    24Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

    25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

    26So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.

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    15And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

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    17But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

  • Col 4:9
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  • Phil 1:7
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    7So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

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    5Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

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    11See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.

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    19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

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    20For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

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    10For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.