Philemon 1:15

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,

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  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life! 6 For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
  • Isa 20:6 : 6 At that time those who live on this coast will say,‘Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:16-17
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    16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

    17Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

  • Phlm 1:11-14
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    11who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.

    12I have sent him(who is my very heart) back to you.

    13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

    14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

  • Phil 2:25-30
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    25But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.

    26Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

    27In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him– and not to him only, but also to me– so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

    28Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

    29So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

    30since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

  • 1 Cor 16:6-7
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    6and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.

    7For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

  • Phlm 1:7-9
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    7I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

    8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,

    9I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love– I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus–

  • Rom 1:10-12
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    10and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God.

    11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

    12that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

  • Phil 1:24-26
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    24but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body.

    25And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

    26so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
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    15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

    16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17Forced Absence from Thessalonica But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time(in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person.

  • Col 4:9
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    9I sent him with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

  • Rom 15:23
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    23But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you

  • Phil 1:7
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    7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

    9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

  • 2 Cor 7:15
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    15And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

  • Phlm 1:20-22
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    20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

    21Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

    22At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

  • 2 Pet 1:15
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    15Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

  • Phil 1:5
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    5because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

  • 3 John 1:14
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    14But I hope to see you right away, and we will speak face to face.

  • 1 Cor 16:11-12
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    11So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.

    12With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

  • Col 2:5
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    5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

  • Phil 2:22-23
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    22But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

    23So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,

  • Heb 13:19
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    19I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

  • Phil 2:20
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    20For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!