Philemon 1:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² I am sending him back to you in his own person, [and it is like sending] my very heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

Common English Bible

¹² I’m sending him back to you, which is like sending you my own heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

Philemon 1:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:11

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord has bidden him.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Mark 11:25

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Luke 15:20

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Ephesians 4:32

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,

Philemon 1:11

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

Philemon 1:13

I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;