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Philemon 1:12

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I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

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Philemon 1:12 in other translations

whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

Philemon 1:12 · American Standard Version

Philemon 1:12 in context

  1. 10I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
  2. 11who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
  3. 12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
  4. 13whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
  5. 14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.