Bible Cross References
Onesimus
Colossians 4:7
Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Philemon 1:10-19
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I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten [while] in my chains,
11
who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.
12
I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
13
whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
14
But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.
15
For perhaps he departed for a while for this [purpose,] that you might receive him forever,
16
no longer as a slave but more than a slave -- a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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If then you count me as a partner, receive him as [you would] me.
18
But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.
19
I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay -- not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.