Philemon 1:15

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Philemon 1:15 New International Version (NIV)

Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever

Philemon 1:15-16 The Message (MSG)

Maybe it’s all for the best that you lost him for a while. You’re getting him back now for good—and no mere slave this time, but a true Christian brother! That’s what he was to me—he’ll be even more than that to you.

Philemon 1:15 King James Version (KJV)

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever

Philemon 1:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever

Philemon 1:15 New Century Version (NCV)

Maybe Onesimus was separated from you for a short time so you could have him back forever

Philemon 1:15 American Standard Version (ASV)

For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever

Philemon 1:15 New King James Version (NKJV)

For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever

Philemon 1:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, so that you would have him back forever

Philemon 1:15 New Living Translation (NLT)

It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.

Philemon 1:15 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Perhaps you could think of it this way: he was separated from you for a short time so that you could have him back forever.

Philemon 1:15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever