Versículo del Día — Lunes, 31 de agosto de 2026
Philemon 1:15-17
Philemon 1:15-17. El Versículo del Día, Lunes, 31 de agosto de 2026, con una breve reflexión.
Porque acaso por esto se ha apartado de ti por algún tiempo, para que le recibieses para siempre; No ya como siervo, antes más que siervo, como hermano amado, mayormente de mí, pero cuánto más de ti, en la carne y en el Señor. Así que, si me tienes por compañero, recíbele como á mí.
Philemon 1:15-17
Qué significa este versículo
Paul urges Philemon to take back Onesimus, a slave who had left him, and to receive him now as a beloved brother in the faith rather than punish him.
Paul wrote this short letter from prison to Philemon, a well-off Christian who hosted a church in his home. One of Philemon's slaves, Onesimus, had left him, apparently owing him something, and had since met Paul and become a follower of Jesus. Paul is sending him back, carrying this letter.
Here Paul reframes the whole situation. Perhaps, he suggests, the two were parted for a while so that Philemon could have Onesimus back for good, on entirely new terms. Roman law let an owner punish a runaway slave harshly. Paul asks for the opposite: receive him like family, as a beloved brother, the way you would receive me. He even offers to cover whatever the man owes. Without staging a debate about slavery itself, the letter quietly places the bond of shared faith above the bond of owner and owned.
