Bible verse
For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
Philemon 1:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Philemon 1.
11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
13 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
15 For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
16 no 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.
17 So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
KJV
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
ASV
For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
ERV
For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
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