Filemón 1:15

15 Tal vez por eso Onésimo se alejó de ti por algún tiempo, para que ahora lo recibas para siempre,

Filemón 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season
The apostle in this clause seems to soften this business of Onesimus in running away from his master; he calls it not a running away, but a departure, an absence from him, and that but for a little while; and suggests that the hand of God might be in it; that there was an overruling providence that attended it, such as was in Joseph's going down into Egypt; and that this separation of Onesimus from his master, for a short time, was in order that they should come together again, and never part more, as follows:

that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
or during life, referring to the law in ( Exodus 21:6 ) or to all eternity, since they were in the same spiritual relation, partakers of the same grace, and had a right to the same heavenly inheritance, and should be together with Christ for evermore.

Filemón 1:15 In-Context

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.

15 Tal vez por eso Onésimo se alejó de ti por algún tiempo, para que ahora lo recibas para siempre,

16 ya no como a esclavo, sino como algo mejor: como a un hermano querido, muy especial para mí, pero mucho más para ti, como persona y como hermano en el Señor.

17 De modo que, si me tienes por compañero, recíbelo como a mí mismo.