Philemon 1:13

whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

World English Bible

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 am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:17I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Philippians 2:30because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward 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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