Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. New Living Translation So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. English Standard Version So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. Berean Standard Bible So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. Berean Literal Bible Therefore, if you consider me a partner, receive him as me. King James Bible If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. New King James Version If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. New American Standard Bible If then you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me. NASB 1995 If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me. NASB 1977 If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me. Legacy Standard Bible If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would accept me. Amplified Bible So if you consider me a partner, welcome and accept him as you would me. Christian Standard Bible So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would me. Holman Christian Standard Bible So if you consider me a partner, accept him as you would me. American Standard Version If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself. Aramaic Bible in Plain English If, therefore, you are my partner, receive him as mine. Contemporary English Version If you consider me a friend because of Christ, then welcome Onesimus as you would welcome me. Douay-Rheims Bible If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself. English Revised Version If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you think of me as your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. Good News Translation So, if you think of me as your partner, welcome him back just as you would welcome me. International Standard Version So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. Literal Standard Version If, then, you have fellowship with me, receive him as me, Majority Standard Bible So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. New American Bible So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me. NET Bible Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me. New Revised Standard Version So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. New Heart English Bible If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. Webster's Bible Translation If thou accountest me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. Weymouth New Testament If therefore you regard me as a comrade, receive him as if he were I myself. World English Bible If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. Young's Literal Translation If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul's Appeal for Onesimus…16no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord. 17So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. 18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.… Cross References 2 Corinthians 8:23 As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ. Philemon 1:18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. Treasury of Scripture If you count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. thou count. Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 2 Corinthians 8:23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: receive. Philemon 1:10,12 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: … Matthew 10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. Matthew 12:48-50 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? … Jump to Previous Accept Comrade Consider Count Countest Fellowship Friend Holdest Partner Receive Regard WelcomeJump to Next Accept Comrade Consider Count Countest Fellowship Friend Holdest Partner Receive Regard WelcomePhilemon 1 1. Paul rejoices to hear of the faith and love of Philemon, 8. whom he desires to forgive his servant Onesimus, and lovingly to receive him again. (17) A partner.--The title is peculiar. In the singular number (in which it is naturally more distinctive) and in absolute use, unconnected with explanatory words (such as we read in 1Peter 5:1), it is nowhere else found, except in 2Corinthians 8:23, where Titus is called St. Paul's "partner and fellow helper;" and even there the context defines the partnership as relating to the collection and ministration of alms. Here it can hardly refer to general Christian fellowship, which would require some such words as "in Christ," or "in the Spirit," and would not fully justify the strong personal appeal of the passage. It must indicate some peculiar bond of fellowship between St. Paul and Philemon. Philemon was his convert (see Philemon 1:19); yet we notice that he writes to him not as a son, but as a brother. Evidently he was a leader in the Church at Colossae. Tradition, as usual, makes him its bishop. He must have been St. Paul's partner in some common work or special communion of familiarity. (See Introduction, sect. 2.)Verse 17. - If thou count me therefore a partner; if thou holdest me for a friend - by our friendship entreat this. The strongest form of entreaty possible to be used. Κοινωνία in Acts 2:42 refers to the Holy Communion, and in 1 Corinthians 10:16-21 partakers of it are plainly called by implication κοινωνοὶ ( παρτακερσ, or, as we should say, "communicants." But here the sense is apparently as above; literally, a partner. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Soοὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. if Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you consider ἔχεις (echeis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. a partner, κοινωνόν (koinōnon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2844: A sharer, partner, companion. From koinos; a sharer, i.e. Associate. receive προσλαβοῦ (proslabou) Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4355: (a) I take to myself, (b) I take aside, (c) I welcome. From pros and lambano; to take to oneself, i.e. Use, lead, admit. him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. as [you would receive] ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. me. ἐμέ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links Philemon 1:17 NIVPhilemon 1:17 NLT Philemon 1:17 ESV Philemon 1:17 NASB Philemon 1:17 KJV Philemon 1:17 BibleApps.com Philemon 1:17 Biblia Paralela Philemon 1:17 Chinese Bible Philemon 1:17 French Bible Philemon 1:17 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Philemon 1:17 If then you count me a partner (Phm Phl) |
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