Filemón 1:12

12 Te lo envío de vuelta, y con él va 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 suplico que le muestres bondad a mi hijo Onésimo. Me convertí en su padre en la fe mientras yo estaba aquí, en la cárcel.

11 Onésimo
no fue de mucha ayuda para ti en el pasado, pero ahora nos es muy útil a los dos.

12 Te lo envío de vuelta, y con él va mi propio corazón.

13 Quería retenerlo aquí conmigo mientras estoy en cadenas por predicar la Buena Noticia, y él me hubiera ayudado de tu parte;

14 pero no quise hacer nada sin tu consentimiento. Preferí que ayudaras de buena gana y no por obligación.