Philemon:1:10-18
rsv@Philemon:1:10 @ I appeal to you for my child, Ones'imus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
rsv@Philemon:1:11 @ (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
rsv@Philemon:1:12 @ I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
rsv@Philemon:1:13 @ I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;
rsv@Philemon:1:14 @ but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will.
rsv@Philemon:1:15 @ Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
rsv@Philemon:1:16 @ no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
rsv@Philemon:1:17 @ So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
rsv@Philemon:1:18 @ If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
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