Philemon 1:17

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

15For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally, 16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord. Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me. 18Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me. 19I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.

Philemon 1:17 word by word

εἰ οὖν με ἔχεις κοινωνόν, προσλαβοῦ αὐτὸν ὡς ἐμέ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• thou countἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• a partnerκοινωνόςkoinōnos · participantG2844
• receiveπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613

Cross-references for Philemon 1:17

• Acts 16:15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.
• 2 Corinthians 8:23If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.
• Ephesians 3:6namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
• Philippians 1:7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
• 1 Timothy 6:2But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Teach them and exhort them about these things.
• Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
• James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
• 1 Peter 5:1So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
• 1 John 1:3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
• Philemon 1:10I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,
• Matthew 10:40“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
• Matthew 12:48To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
• Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.
• Matthew 25:40And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it 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