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Philemon 1:15 KJV
Philemon · chapter 1 · verse 15
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;Philemon 1:15 · King James Version
Philemon 1:15 in context
13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
16Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
17If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- departedchōrizōto separate, divide, part, put asunder, to separate one's self from, to depart, to leave…G5563 →
- perhapstachahastily, quickly, soon, peradventure, perhapsG5029 →
- receiveapechōhave, to hold back, keep off, prevent, to have wholly or in full, to have received, it is…G568 →
- seasonhōraa certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving…G5610 →
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We have here, I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Plm 1:8-21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-25