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Philemon 1:17

Philemon 1:17
If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

If thou count me therefore a partner,.... A companion and friend, who reckon each other's affairs and interest their…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

If there count me therefore a partner - The word rendered “partner” (κοινωνὸς koinōnos, means “a partaker, a…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

If thou count me therefore a partner - If thou dost consider me as a friend; if I have still the place of a friend in…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Philemon 1:8-25

We have here,

I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, that he would…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

count Lit., "have," hold. The word is similarly used Luk 14:18; Php 2:29.

a partner An associate, a fellow; in faith and…