Philemon 1:15

In 9 translations

BSB

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

for perhaps because of this he departed for an hour, that you may have him continuously,

YLT

for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

DBY

for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

DRC

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

GNV

It may be that he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receiue him for euer,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τάχα γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο ἐχωρίσθη πρὸς ὥραν ἵνα αἰώνιον αὐτὸν ἀπέχῃς,

RP2018

Τάχα γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο ἐχωρίσθη πρὸς ὥραν, ἵνα αἰώνιον αὐτὸν ἀπέχῃς·

TR-Boyd

Τάχα γὰρ διὰ τοῦτο ἐχωρίσθη πρὸς ὥραν, ἵνα αἰώνιον αὐτὸν ἀπέχῃς·

SCR1894

ταχα γαρ δια τουτο εχωρισθη προς ωραν ινα αιωνιον αυτον απεχης

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
• Genesis 45:5–8And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be…
• Isaiah 20:6And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
• Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

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