Philemon 1:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Philemon 1:14

12 I am sending him¹ back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own² heart,

13 whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, ^athat your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

15 For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the ^aflesh and in the Lord.

17 If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

Interlinear Bible for Philemon 1:14:

But
de (#1161) without
choris (#5565) thy
sos (#4674) mind
gnome (#1106) would
thelesis (#2309) I do
poieo (#4160) nothing;
oude (#3762) that
hina (#2443) thy
sou (#4675) benefit
agathos (#18) should not
me (#3361) be
o (#5600) as it were
hos (#5613) of
kata (#2596) necessity,
anagke (#318) but
alla (#235) willingly.
kata (#2596)