Philemon 1:13

I wish I could have kept him with me, so he could serve me for you, while I am in chains for the sake of the gospel.

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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 have sent him back to you, he who is my very heart.

14But I did not want to do anything without your consent. I did not want your good deed to be from necessity but from good will.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:17I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus. They have made up for your absence.

Ephesians 4:1I, therefore, as the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthily of the calling by which you were called.

Philippians 2:30For it was for the work of Christ that he came near death. He risked his life to serve me and fill up what you could not do in 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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