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15 Perhaps he therefore departed for a season so that you would receive him forever, 16 not now as a servant, but above a servant; I mean a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and also in the Lord. 17 If you count me a fellow, receive him as myself.

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15 It may be that he therefore [a]departed for [b]a season, that thou shouldest receive him forever,

16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, even as a brother beloved, specially to me: how much more then unto thee, both in the [c]flesh and in the Lord?

17 If therefore thou count our things common, receive him as myself.

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:15 Thus he assuageth the harder kind of speech, which is to say, he ran away.
  2. Philemon 1:15 For a little time.
  3. Philemon 1:16 Because he is thy servant, as other servants are, and because he is the Lord’s servant, so that thou must needs love him both for the Lord’s sake, and for thine own sake.

15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

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