Philemon 1:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, 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 son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

Mark 11:25

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 15:20

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Ephesians 4:32

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Deuteronomy 13:6

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Philemon 1:11

who was aforetime unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

Philemon 1:13

whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel: