Philemon 1:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.”
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BSBPD
“So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Philemon 1:17 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- Matthew 12:48But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”
- Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
- 2 Corinthians 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.
- Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
- 1 Timothy 6:2Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.
- Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
- Philemon 1:12I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
- Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
- Hebrews 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- 1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- 1 John 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
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