Philemon 1:12

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Philemon 1:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

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ASV

American Standard Version

whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

whom I sent back to you himself—this [one who] is my inner parts—

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Philemon 1

¹⁰ I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

¹¹ Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

¹² I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

¹³ I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

¹⁴ But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

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