Philemon 1:15

World English Bible (2000)

For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
  • Isa 20:6 : 6 The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?'"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:16-17
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    84%

    16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

    17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

  • Phlm 1:11-14
    4 verses
    80%

    11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

    12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

    13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

    14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

  • Phil 2:25-30
    6 verses
    75%

    25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need;

    26 since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

    27 For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

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

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

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

  • 1 Cor 16:6-7
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    6 But with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.

    7 For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

  • Phlm 1:7-9
    3 verses
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    7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

    9 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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

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

    12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

  • Phil 1:24-26
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    72%

    24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

    25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

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

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15 In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;

    16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

  • Col 4:9
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    9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

  • Rom 15:23
    72%

    23 but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

  • Phil 1:7
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    7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

  • Eph 1:15
    71%

    15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

    9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

  • Phlm 1:20-22
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    71%

    20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

    21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

    22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

  • 2 Pet 1:15
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    15 Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12 Having many things to write to you, I don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

  • 3 John 1:14
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    14 but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

  • 1 Cor 16:11-12
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    11 Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

    12 Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.

  • Col 2:5
    71%

    5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
    70%

    1 Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

  • Phil 2:22-23
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    22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

    23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

  • Heb 13:19
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    19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

  • Phil 2:20
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    20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.