Philemon 1:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for the long term,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

Common English Bible

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,

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.

Isaiah 20:6

On 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.

Psalm 76:10

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