“ Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: ”
Whom I have sent again - That is, to Philemon. This was, doubtless, at his own request, for: (1) There is not the slightest evidence that he compelled him, or even urged him to go. The language...
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own (d) bowels: (d) As my own son, and as if I had begotten him from my own body.
The Request on Behalf of Onesimus. Paul might confidently presume to issue commands to Philemon Paul an ambassador, and at the time of writing actually a prisoner, of Christ Jesus but for love's sa...
have. Omit, sent again . sent back. App-174. thou therefore receive . The texts omit, and read "sent again to thee", mine own bowels . as mine own self. Figure of speech Synecdoche . App-6....
12. Receive him, that is, my bowels. Nothing could have been more powerful for assuaging the wrath of Philemon; for if he had refused to forgive his slave, he would thus have used cruelty aga...
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: Whom I have sent again - The Christian religion never cancels any civil relations; a slave, on being converted, and becom...
Mine own bowels:— There are a number of passages in the ancient Greek and Latin writers, where children are called the bowels of their parents. Observe how the apostle rises in his expressions: i...
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: Thou therefore х su ( G4771 ) de ( G1161 )] receive , х proslabou ( G4355 )] - C Delta f, Vulgate....
(8-20) Here St. Paul enters on the main subject of his Letter — the recommendation to Philemon of his runaway slave, Onesimus. All thoughtful readers of the Epistle must recognise in this a peculiar...
Chapter 5 Philemon 1:12-14 (R.V.) The characteristic features of the Epistle are all embodied in these verses. They set forth, in the most striking manner, the relation of Christianity to slave...
a Plea for the Returning Slave Philemon 1:1-14 Onesimus had known the Apostle well in the old days when Paul visited at the house of his master Philemon, who seems to have been a man of importa...
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, (9) Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of...
Whom I have sent again ,.... From Rome to Colosse, or to Philemon, wherever he was, along with this epistle: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels ; meaning his son, who, in a spiri...
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: Ver. 12. That is mine own bowels ] Pray for me, mine own heart root in the Lord (said Mr Bradford in a letter to Mr S...
I beseech thee There is a beautiful emphasis in the repetition of these words, which he had introduced in the preceding verse; for my son The son of my age. The order of the original words is thi...
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. A. D. 62. 8 Wherefore, though I might be much...
Whom I have sent again; he comes not of his own head, but upon my persuasion, and upon my errand. Thou therefore receive him; I therefore beseech thee to receive him kindly, and entertain him in...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Philemon 1:12 . Whom I have sent again. —There were police— the fugitivarii —whose duty it was to track out runaway slaves: love succeeds better. Philemon 1:13 ....
Exposition Philemon 1:1 A prisoner of Christ Jesus. He writes a private letter, as friend to friend, and therefore does not describe himself by his official title of apostle. Having to p...
Paul's Intercession for Onesimus.
Matthew 6:14,15 ; Matthew 18:21-35 ; Mark 11:25 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Deuteronomy 13:6 ; 2 Samuel 16:11 ; Jeremiah 31:20 ; Luke 15:20
Onesimus Philemon 1:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The march of the Gospel in the early years. The Early Church gave itself very definitely to the propaganda of the Gospel. This had been the comma...
Receive him, that is, my own bowels — Whom I love as my own soul. Such is the natural affection of a father in Christ toward his spiritual children.