Philemon 1:15

Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him 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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Genesis 45:5
And now be not grieved therewith, neither let it seem a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye sold me hither. For God did send me before you to save life.
Genesis 50:20
Ye thought evil unto me: but God turned it unto good to bring to pass, as it is this day, even to save much people alive.
Psalm 76:10
The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
Isaiah 20:6
Moreover, they that dwell in the Isles shall say even the same day, 'Behold, thus are we regarded! Whither shall we fly for help, that we might be delivered from the king of the Assyrians? How will we escape?'"
Acts 4:28
for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.