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Philemon 1:15

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For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

Context

12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

13whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

15For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

17If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

18But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.

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