Philemon 1:13

I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in yoʋr place during my imprisonment for the gospel.

Text-Critical English 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

12and I ask yoʋ to receive him, that is, my very own heart.

14But I did not want to do anything without yoʋr consent, so that yoʋr good deed would not be done out of compulsion but of yoʋr own free will.

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Cross References

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

Ephesians 4:1Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,

Philippians 2:30because he drew near to death for the work of Christ, disregarding his own life to complete what 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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