Philemon 1:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

Philemon 1:12 —

Old words in this verse

bowels: — deep feelings, heartfelt compassion.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 6:14-15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: …
Mark 11:25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 18:21-35
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? …
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-25)

We have here, I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Phlm. on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Phlm. 1:8-21. The 1 st Argument is taken from what was before noted, and is carried in the illative wherefore: “Seeing so much good is reported of thee and found in thee, especially thy love to all sa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. mine own bowels--as dear to me as my own heart [Alford]. Compare Phm 17, “as myself.” The object of my most intense affection as that of a parent for a child.