Philemon 1:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. Let me - `let me [emphatic: egoo (G1473) sou (G4675)] have profit х onaimeen (G3685), referring to the name Onesimus, "profitable"] from thee, as thou shouldest have had from Onesimus:' for 'thou owest thine own self to me.'

In the Lord - the sphere of Philemon's being profitable to Paul. My bowels - gratify my feelings by granting this. In the Lord. 'Aleph (') A C Delta G f g read 'in Christ.' The element in which Paul's feelings are to be refreshed. The latter clause answers to the former of the verse.

Philemon 1:20

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.