Philemon 1:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁵ Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,

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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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ 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

As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

Psalm 76:10

Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee; the residue of wrath thou wilt gird upon thee.

Isaiah 20:6

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

Acts 4:28

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