Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philemon 1:17

"If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself." — Philemon 1:17 (ASV)

Receive him as myself.

How beautifully this is put all through! It very much reminds me of our Lord Jesus Christ, who seems to say to the Divine Father, "This poor child is in fellowship with me. Receive him, therefore, as myself;" and this is just what God does in the case of repenting and believing sinners; he receives them just as if he could see Christ in them.