Philemon 1:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.

Psalm 76:10

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

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.