Philemon 1:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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

And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Psalm 76:10

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

Isaiah 20:6

And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

Acts 4:28

to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass.