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15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

Philemon 1:15

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Commentary

Matthew Henry

(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 s...

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