Filemón 1:12

12 Y te lo he vuelto a enviar en persona, es decir, como si fuera 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 ruego por mi hijo Onésimo , a quien he engendrado en mis prisiones,

11 el cual en otro tiempo te era inútil, pero ahora nos es útil a ti y a mí.

12 Y te lo he vuelto a enviar en persona, es decir, como si fuera mi propio corazón,

13 a quien hubiera querido retener conmigo, para que me sirviera en lugar tuyo en mis prisiones por el evangelio;

14 pero no quise hacer nada sin tu consentimiento, para que tu bondad no fuera como por obligación, sino por tu propia voluntad.