Filemón 1:15

15 Porque bem pode ser que ele se tenha separado de ti por algum tempo, para que o recobrasses para sempre,

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 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.

15 Porque bem pode ser que ele se tenha separado de ti por algum tempo, para que o recobrasses para sempre,

16 não já como escravo, antes mais do que escravo, como irmão amado, particularmente de mim, e quanto mais de ti, tanto na carne como também no Senhor.

17 Assim pois, se me tens por companheiro, recebe-o como a mim mesmo.