Philemon 1:15
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
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Philemon 1:15
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
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Philemon 1:1
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Philemon 1:10
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Philemon 1:11
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philemon 1:13
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Philemon 1:14
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Philemon 1:15
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Philemon 1:16
Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Philemon 1:17
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
Philemon 1:18
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Philemon 1:19
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
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Genesis 45:5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Genesis 45:8
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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Matthew 6:2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
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Deuteronomy 15:17
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
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Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
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