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Selected Verse: Philemon 1:17 - King James

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Phm 1:17 King James If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
a partner--in the Christian fellowship of faith, hope, and love.

receive him as myself--resuming "receive him that is mine own bowels."
 
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29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.