Philemon 15-17
Wycliffe Bible
15 For peradventure therefore he departed from thee for a time, that thou shouldest receive him without end [that thou shouldest receive him into without end];
16 now not as a servant, but for a servant [but more than a servant] a most dear brother, most to me; and how much more to thee, both in [the] flesh and in the Lord?
17 Therefore if thou hast me a fellow, receive him as me;
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Philemon 15-17
New Matthew Bible
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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Philemon 15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
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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- Philemon 1:15 Thus he assuageth the harder kind of speech, which is to say, he ran away.
- Philemon 1:15 For a little time.
- 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.
Philemon 15-17
Authorized (King James) Version
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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