Philemon Chapter 1 verse 18 Holy Bible
But if he hath wronged the at all, or oweth `thee' aught, put that to mine account;
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If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
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but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.
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If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
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But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.
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and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - [But] if he hath wronged thee [at all]. It would have been needlessly irritating to Philemon to go into the details of Onesimus's offences. No doubt St. Paul had had an account of them from the repentant youth, but he had far too much tact to occupy himself and Philemon in the discussion of details. The hypothetic form avoids the whole of these. It suffices that he assumes the responsibility of repayment. Owes thee anything. As a matter of moral right at the bar of conscience. For in a secular court the slave could be neither debtor nor creditor, properly speaking, as against his master. This offence was probably embezzlement or purloining while in service. A, C, D*, F, G, א read (elloga), reckon it to me.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) If he hath wronged thee.--Properly, If he wronged thee, evidently referring to the time of Onesimus' escape. "If he oweth thee ought" is similarly, in all probability, an allusion to some theft at the same time, couched in a hypothetical form, but implying no doubt as to the fact.Put that on mine account.--Comp. a similar commercial metaphor in Philippians 4:15-17, and see Note there. It is strangely out of character with the whole tone of the Apostolic life to imagine (as some commentators have done) a regular debtor and creditor account between Philemon and St. Paul.
