King James Version
Philemon 1:12 in the King James Version says “Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:” — study this verse from Philemon chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:”
Philemon 1:12 · KJV
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“receive”
G4355to take to oneself, i.e., use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality)
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