Filemón 1:12

12 eu to torno a enviar, a ele que é o meu próprio coração.

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 sim, rogo-te por meu filho Onésimo, que gerei nas minhas prisões;

11 o qual outrora te foi inútil, mas agora a ti e a mim é muito útil;

12 eu to torno a enviar, a ele que é o meu próprio coração.

13 Eu bem quisera retê-lo comigo, para que em teu lugar me servisse nas prisões do evangelho;

14 mas sem o teu consentimento nada quis fazer, para que o teu benefício não fosse como por força, mas, sim, espontâneo.