to be unjust · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
thee
σέsé
G4571
thee
or
ἢē
G2228
disjunctive · conjunction
oweth
ὀφείλει,opheilei
G3784
to owe (pecuniarily) · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
ought
τιti
G5100
some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — accusative singular neuter
put
ἐλλόγα.¶elloga
G1677
to reckon in · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
that
τοῦτοtoûto
G5124
that thing
mine
ἐμοίemoí
G1698
to me
account
ἐλλογέωellogéō
G1677
to reckon in
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Isaiah 53:4-7 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:8–end
We have here,
I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Plm 1:8-21. The
1st Argument is taken from what was before noted, and is carried in the illative wherefore: "Seeing so much good is reported of thee and found in thee, especially thy love to all saints, now let me see it on a fresh and further occasion; refresh the bowels of Onesimus and mine also, in forgiving and receiving him, who is now a convert, and so a saint indeed, and meet for thy favour and love." Observe, A disposition to do good, together with past instances and expressions of it…
Greek, "But it (thou art not inclined to 'receive him' because) he hath wronged thee"; a milder term than "robbed thee." Onesimus seems to have confessed some such act to Paul.
put that on mine account--I am ready to make good the loss to thee if required. The latter parts of Plm 1:19, Plm 1:21, imply that he did not expect Philemon would probably demand it.
Adam Clarke on Philemon 1:18
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught - Had the apostle been assured that Onesimus had robbed his master, he certainly would not have spoken in this hypothetical way; he only puts a possible case: If he have wronged thee, or owe thee aught, place all to my account; I will discharge all he owes thee.
John Gill on Philemon 1:18
If he hath wronged thee,.... By squandering away his time, spoiling his work, or corrupting his fellow servants:
or oweth thee ought; by embezzling his master's goods, robbing him of his money, and running away from his service:
put that on mine account; Signifying that he would be answerable for all, and make good all debts and damages.
John Calvin on Philemon 1:15-19
The Church Fathers
If, however, something has hurt you, or he is a debtor, impute this to me. Now he undermines the excuse of anger, lest perhaps he would complain that he was hurt by him in such a way that it would not seem fitting to forgive him. But if it were so, he says it must be imputed to himself, through whom the heirs of the kingdom of heaven will be in the future, who have sinned before.
But if anyone has wronged you, or owes you anything, charge that to me. As an imitator of his master, and having Christ speaking in him, he ought to do the things which Christ did according to his ability. For if he bore our weaknesses and suffered our wounds, the Apostle rightly opposes himself on behalf of Onesimus and promises what he owed. But as we have said above, all that which was taken away by theft and lost through luxury could not be made right, which Philemon valued greatly while he received his runaway slave, lost money and eternal brother, thus making himself a debtor to the Apostle through him.
"If he hath wronged thee at all." See where and when he has introduced the mention of the injury; last, after having said so many things in his behalf. For since the loss of money is particularly apt to annoy men, that he might not accuse him of this, (for it was most likely that it was spent,) then he brings in this, and says, "If he hath wronged thee." He does not say, If he has stolen anything; but what? "If he hath wronged thee." At the same time he both confessed the offense, and not as if it were the offense of a servant, but of a friend against a friend, making use of the expression of "wrong" rather than of theft.
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Dictionary and topics
Forgiveness · OF ENEMIES — OF ENEMIES
Intercession · .Paul for Onesimus — .Paul for Onesimus
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Philemon 1:15-19
15. For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
15. Forte' enim ideo separatus fuit ad tempus, ut perpetuo eum retineres;
16. 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?
16. Non jam ut servum, sed super servum fratrem dilectum maxime mihi, quanto magis tibi et in carne et in Domino?
17. If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
17. Si igitur me habes consortem, suscipe eum tanquam me.
18. If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
18. Si vero qua in re to laesit, vel aliquid d…
