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Philemon 1:19 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Philemon 1:19Greek Interlinear

Greek · Philemon 1:1917 words
GreekMeaning
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ΠαῦλοςPaulos
PaulnounG3972
ἔγραψαegrapsa
did writeverbG1125
τῇ
thearticleG3588
ἐμῇemē
with my ownadjectiveG1699
χειρίcheiri
handnounG5495
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ἀποτίσωapotisō
will repay itverbG661
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
μὴ
notadverbG3361
λέγωlegō
I may sayverbG3004
σοιsoi
to youpronounG4771
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
καὶkai
evenadverbG2532
σεαυτόνseauton
yourselfpronounG4572
μοιmoi
to mepronounG1473
προσοφείλειςprosopheileis
you owe alsoverbG4359
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Philemon 1:19

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 3 on Philemon
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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