For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

他暂时离开你，或者是叫你永远得着他，

他暂时离开你，也许是要让你永远得着他，

他暂时离开你，也许是要让你永远得着他，

或许他暂时离开你是为了让你以后永远得到他。

也许他暂时离开你，正是为了使你永远得着他，

其实，他暂时离开你，或许正是为了使你可以永远得着他——

他暫時離開你，或者是叫你永遠得着他，

他暫時離開你，也許是要讓你永遠得着他，

他暫時離開你，也許是要讓你永遠得着他，

或許他暫時離開你是為了讓你以後永遠得到他。

也許他暫時離開你，正是為了使你永遠得著他，

他暫時和你分離，或者是要讓你永遠收着他：

其實，他暫時離開你，或許正是為了使你可以永遠得著他——

彼暫離爾、或俾爾永有之、

彼與爾今或暫相離、後必恆相聚、

彼暫時與爾相離、焉知非使爾永遠得之乎、

以今思之、彼昔日之與爾暫離、或正所以促成爾等今後之永合耳。

Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever—

Onesimus was separated from you for a little while. Maybe that was so you could have him back forever.

For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,

It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

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

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 was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to save lives.For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.So God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive.

to do whatever Your hand and purpose predestined to occur.

So the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day,‘ Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be saved from the king of Assyria; and how are we ourselves to escape?’ ”

For the wrath of mankind shall praise You; You will encircle Yourself with a remnant of wrath.