King James Version
Philemon 1:17 in the King James Version says “If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.” — study this verse from Philemon chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
Philemon 1:17 · KJV
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thou count”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“receive”
G4355to take to oneself, i.e., use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality)
“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
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