Philemon 1:13

whom I wished to keep with myself, in order that on your behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the gospel.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

12whom I am sending back. You therefore receive him, that is, my very heart;

14But I wished to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good might not be by necessity, but rather voluntary.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:17I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they have supplied.

Ephesians 4:1Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

Philippians 2:30because for the work of Christ he drew near unto death, being careless with his life, in order that he might fill up 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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