Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Philemon 1:20
COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD
— “me” is emphatic: “Let me have profit (so Greek ‘for joy,’ onainen , referring to the name Onesimus, ‘profitable’) from thee, as thou shouldst have had from Onesimus”; for “thou owest thine ownself to me.” in the Lord — not in worldly gain, but in thine increase in the graces of the Lord’s Spirit [Alford]. my bowels — my heart. Gratify my feelings by granting this request. in the Lord — The oldest manuscripts read, “ in Christ, ” the element or sphere in which this act of Christian love naturally ought to have place. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-21" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-phm-1-003
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological