Philemon 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
Philemon 1:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Philemon 1:179 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Philemon 1:17
No procedure is so apt to gain a hearing, as not to ask for everything at once. For see after how many praises, after how much preparation he has introduced this great matter. After having said that he is “my son,” that he is a partaker of the Gospel, that he is “my bowels,” that you receive him back “as a brother,” and “hold him as a brother,” then he has added “as myself.” And Paul was not ashamed to do this. For he who was not ashamed to be called the servant of the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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