12Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.


In Context

9 For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul an old man, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

10 I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

11 Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,

12 Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel:

14 But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

Philemon 1:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:12I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12whom I have sent back to thee: but do thou receive him, that is, my bowels:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, my own bowels:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12Whom I have sent again: you therefore receive him, that is, my own bowels: