Filemón 1:15

15 Porque quizás para esto se apartó de ti por algún tiempo, para que le vuelvas a tener 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 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
15 Porque quizás para esto se apartó de ti por algún tiempo, para que le vuelvas a tener para siempre
16 ya no como siervo, antes más que siervo, a saber como hermano amado, mayormente de mí, y cuánto más de ti, en la carne y en el Señor
17 Así que, si me tienes por compañero, recíbele como a mí

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