Philemon 1:12 - Compare All Versions

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While here in jail, I’ve fathered a child, so to speak. And here he is, hand-carrying this letter—Onesimus! He was useless to you before; now he’s useful to both of us. I’m sending him back to you, but it feels like I’m cutting off my right arm in doing so. I wanted in the worst way to keep him here as your stand-in to help out while I’m in jail for the Message. But I didn’t want to do anything behind your back, make you do a good deed that you hadn’t willingly agreed to.

whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels

I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart

I am sending him back to you, and with him I am sending my own heart.

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

I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you.

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

I have sent him back to you in person, that is, like sending my very heart.

I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.

He is my very heart, and I’ve sent him back to you with this letter.

I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.