NASB
"For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,"
— Philemon 1:15, NASB
“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;”
“For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever; ”
“For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,”
“For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,”
“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee that thou mightest receive him again for ever:”
“For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;”
“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;”
I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,
whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,
no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;