Philemon 1:12
Douay-Rheims
Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
mine own bowels--as dear to me as my own heart [ALFORD]. Compare Plm 1:17, "as myself." The object of my most intense affection as that of a parent for a child.
Source details
1871 · Phlm 1:12
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.