Filemón 1:12

12 el cual te vuelvo a enviar; tú pues, recíbele como a mí mismo

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 lo que ruego es por mi hijo Onésimo, que he engendrado en mi prisión

11 el cual en otro tiempo te fue inútil, mas ahora a ti y a mí nos es útil

12 el cual te vuelvo a enviar; tú pues, recíbele como a mí mismo

13 Yo quisiera detenerle conmigo, para que en lugar de ti me sirviera en la prisión del Evangelio

14 mas nada quise hacer sin tu consejo, porque tu beneficio no fuera como de necesidad, sino voluntario