Genesis 45:5-8; Genesis 50:20; Psalms 76:10; Isaiah 20:6; Acts 4:28
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season - Perhaps on this account, or for this reason - διὰ τοῦτο dia touto - he left you for a litt...
For perhaps he therefore (f) departed for (g) a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; (f) He uses a more gentle type of speech, but in r...
The Request on Behalf of Onesimus. Paul might confidently presume to issue commands to Philemon Paul an ambassador, and at the time of writing actu...
perhaps. Greek. tacha . Only here and Romans 5:7 . therefore . because of (App-104. Philemon 1:2 ; Philemon 1:2 ) this. departed . was separ...
15 For perhaps he was separated. If we are angry on account of offenses committed by men, our minds ought to be soothed, when we perceive tha...
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; He - departed for a season - This is another most delicate...
For perhaps he therefore departed— As Philemon 1:13-14 were thrown in by way of parenthesis, this 15th verse must be considered as connected in s...
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; Perhaps - speaking humanly, yet as believing that G...
(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...
(15) For perhaps he therefore departed (or, was parted ) . — This is a further reason for sending Onesimus back. St. Paul now touches on Onesimus...
Chapter 5 Philemon 1:15-19 (R.V.) The first words of these verses are connected with the preceding by the "for" at the beginning; that is to sa...
To Be Received as a Brother Philemon 1:15-25 The Apostle's pleas for the restoration of Onesimus to his old trusted position in the household o...
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 a...
GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE ‘For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; not now as a servant, but a...
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season ,.... The apostle in this clause seems to soften this business of Onesimus in running away from his m...
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; Ver. 15. For perhaps he therefore ] God hath a hand in...
For perhaps he therefore departed Δια τουτο εχωρισθη, for this reason he was separated; a soft expression, to denote Onesimus's running away from...
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. A. D. 62....
OLBGrk; Onesimus in departing designed no such thing, but possibly God, in the wisdom of his providence, suffered him to depart from thee, and to fa...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Philemon 1:12 . Whom I have sent again. —There were police— the fugitivarii —whose duty it was to track out runaw...
Philemon 1:15 Social Power of the Gospel. I. We see here, first of all, what sort of results St. Paul expected to flow from the reconciling and c...
Perhaps Contingency The word is used to express every degree of contingency from the faintest possibility to the highest probability. Two rea...
Exposition Philemon 1:1 A prisoner of Christ Jesus. He writes a private letter, as friend to friend, and therefore does not describe him...
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season that thou shouldest receive him forever;
Another Point Urged by the Apostle.
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...
God might permit him to be separated (a soft word) for a season, that thou mightest have him for ever — Both on earth and in heaven.
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;