I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
Philemon 1:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]–and that is to say nothing [of the fact] that you owe me your very self! American Standard Version (1901) I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides. Common English Bible I, Paul, will pay it back to you (I’m writing this with my own hand). Of course, I won’t mention that you owe me your life. Catholic Public Domain Version I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also. |
I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.
I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!—
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all,
otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be put to shame—to say nothing of you—in this undertaking.
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that, if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
To Titus, my true child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to me.