Philemon 1:12
“Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:”
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Related Verses
“Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.”
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
“For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.”
“I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:”
“Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:”