God’s Word Translation
Philemon 1:17
17If you think of me as your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
Philemon 1:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
- New International Version (NIV)So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
Context of Philemon 1:17
15Maybe Onesimus was gone for a while so that you could have him back forever— 16no longer as a slave but better than a slave—as a dear brother. He is especially dear to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a Christian. If you think of me as your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. 18If he wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to me. 19I, Paul, promise to pay it back. I’m writing this with my own hand. I won’t even mention that you owe me your life.
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εἰ οὖν με ἔχεις κοινωνόν, προσλαβοῦ αὐτὸν ὡς ἐμέ.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Philemon 1:17
- Acts 16:15When Lydia and her family were baptized, she invited us to stay at her home. She said, “If you’re convinced that I believe in the Lord, then stay at my home.” She insisted. So we did.
- 2 Corinthians 8:23If any questions are raised, remember that Titus is my partner and coworker to help you. The other men are representatives of the churches and bring glory to Christ.
- Ephesians 3:6This mystery is the Good News that people who are not Jewish have the same inheritance as Jewish people do. They belong to the same body and share the same promise that God made in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:7You have a special place in my heart. So it’s right for me to think this way about all of you. All of you are my partners. Together we share God’s favor, whether I’m in prison or defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.
- 1 Timothy 6:2Slaves whose masters also believe should respect their masters even though their masters are also believers. As a result, believers who are slaves should serve their masters even better because those who receive the benefit of their work are believers whom they love. Teach and encourage people to do these things.
- Hebrews 3:1Brothers and sisters, you are holy partners in a heavenly calling. So look carefully at Jesus, the apostle and chief priest about whom we make our declaration of faith.
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Didn’t God choose poor people in the world to become rich in faith and to receive the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
- 1 Peter 5:1I appeal to your spiritual leaders. I make this appeal as a spiritual leader who also witnessed Christ’s sufferings and will share in the glory that will be revealed.
- 1 John 1:3This is the life we have seen and heard. We are reporting about it to you also so that you, too, can have a relationship with us. Our relationship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
- Philemon 1:10appeal to you for my child Onesimus [Useful]. I became his spiritual father here in prison.
- Matthew 10:40“The person who welcomes you welcomes me, and the person who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
- Matthew 12:48He replied to the man speaking to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
- Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.
- Matthew 25:40“The king will answer them, ‘I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you did for one of my brothers or sisters, no matter how unimportant ⌞they seemed⌟, you did for me.’
Commentaries on Philemon 1:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17If thou count me therefore a partner - If thou dost consider me as a friend; if I have still the place of a friend in thy affection, receive him as myself; for, as I feel him as my own soul, in receiving him thou receivest me. There is a fine model of recommending a friend to the attention of a great man in the epistle of Horace to Claudius Nero, in behalf of his friend Septimius, Epistolar. lib. i., Ep. 9, which contains several strokes not unlike some…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17If there count me therefore a partner - The word rendered “partner” ( ̀ koinōnosmeans “a partaker, a companion.” The idea in the word is that of having something in common ( ̀ koinos) with any one - as common principles; common attachments; a common interest in an enterprise; common hopes. It may be applied to those who hold the same principles of religion, and who have the same hope of heaven, the same views of things, etc. Here the meaning is, that if…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 When we speak of the nature of any sin or offence against God, the evil of it is not to be lessened; but in a penitent sinner, as God covers it, so must we. Such changed characters often become a blessing to all among whom they reside. Christianity does not do away our duties to others, but directs to the right doing of them. True penitents will be open in owning their faults, as doubtless Onesimus had been to Paul, upon his being awakened…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. a partner--in the Christian fellowship of faith, hope, and love. receive him as myself--resuming "receive him that is mine own bowels."Read the comment
Commentaries on Philemon 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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