Philemon 1:15

for perhaps for this reason he has been separated from thee for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

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For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

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General references

Genesis 45:5
And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Genesis 50:20
Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.
Psalm 76:10
For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.
Isaiah 20:6
And the inhabitants of this coast shall say in that day, Behold, such is our confidence, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
Acts 4:28
to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.