Filemón 1:12

12 Te lo envío de vuelta, y con él va mi propio corazón.

Filemón 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Philemon 1:12

Whom I have sent again
From Rome to Colosse, or to Philemon, wherever he was, along with this epistle:

thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels;
meaning his son, who, in a spiritual sense, came out of his bowels, to whom he stood in the relation of a spiritual father; so the Syriac version renders it, as my son, so receive him; see ( Genesis 15:4 ) ( 2 Samuel 16:11 ) and for whom he had a most strong affection, and tender regard; his bowels yearned for him, and he suggests by this expression, that should he reject him, it would give him the utmost pain and uneasiness; and he should be obliged to cry out as the Prophet Jeremy did, "my bowels, my bowels, I am pained at the very heart"; ( Jeremiah 4:19 ) wherefore he entreats him to receive him again into his house and family, into his service, and into his heart and affections, where the apostle had received him.

Filemón 1:12 In-Context

10 te suplico por mi hijo Onésimo, quien llegó a ser hijo mío mientras yo estaba preso.

11 En otro tiempo te era inútil, pero ahora nos es útil tanto a ti como a mí.

12 Te lo envío de vuelta, y con él va mi propio corazón.

13 Yo hubiera querido retenerlo para que me sirviera en tu lugar mientras estoy preso por causa del evangelio.

14 Sin embargo, no he querido hacer nada sin tu consentimiento, para que tu favor no sea por obligación sino espontáneo.