Philemon 1:15 - New Revised Standard Version

Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated [from you] for a while, that you might have him back as yours forever,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Maybe this is the reason that Onesimus was separated from you for a while so that you might have him back forever—

Catholic Public Domain Version

So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

Philemon 1:15 Cross References

Genesis 50:20

Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.

Psalm 76:10

Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.

Isaiah 20:6

In that day the inhabitants of this coastland will say, ‘See, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’ ”

Acts 4:28

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.