...a season, that tliou sbouldcst receive him for ever; 10 Not now as a servant, but above л serrant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flush and in the Lord? 17 If tkou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath...

...season, that thou 15 shouldest receive him for ever; not now as a servant, but above a ser- 16 vant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord ? If thou count me therefore a part- 17 ner, receive him as myself. If he hath wronged thee, or oweth...

...Philemon 1 5 — for he [Onesimus] was absent a little while, that thou mighlest have him atenm, — spiritually ? ' And wherefore, I ask, should it not...from thee for a season, that thou shouldest receive liim spiritually ; ' ie in the new, cordial, and enduring relation, in which he was now returning....

...become, and who is it that does not treat such, as being1 above a servant?) " specially to me, but much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord; if thou count me, therefore, as a partner, receive him as myself." (It will be recollected that Philemon...

...now hecome, and who is it that does not treat such, as being above a servant?) " specially to me, but much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord; if thou count me, therefore, as a partner, receive him as myself." (It will be recollected that Philemon...

...again, after his conversion, " 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." Now that both were become Christians, both had new duties to perform ; the slave to serve no longer...

...a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever ; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord 1 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth...

...now as a Servant1 [or Slave'], but above a Servant [Slave], a brother beloved, specially to me, and how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord!"— ver. 15, 16. THE Epistle to Philemon, though addressed to an individual upon a subject apparently of...

...Lord." Mark the only, and compare this gloss with the text. " Not now a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much...unto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord." The pro-slavery commentator continues: " All the sophistry in the world cannot get rid of this decisive...

...Onesimus, observes, and yet " 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." Ver. 16. After urging various other arguments, and insisting largely, in his " Law of Retribution,"...