Philemon 1:13

I did wish to keep him with me, that, in your stead, he might serve me in my bonds for the gospel;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

In Context

12I send him back, and do you receive him, that is, my son.

14but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:17I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; for they have supplied what was wanting on your part:

Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called;

Philippians 2:30because for the work of the Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, that he might supply that which was lacking in your service to me.

Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25

The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →

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