Passage

Receive him as you would me

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁷If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

Philemon 1:17World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer asks his partner to receive someone as he would receive the writer himself.

The appeal calls this person a beloved brother and offers to place any wrong or debt on the writer’s account.

Who offers to bear the debt?