Philemon 1:13
I could wish to retain him at my side, so that he might minister to me in your stead, in my bonds for the gospel.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12I am sending him back to you, he himself, that is, my very heart!
Cross References
1 Corinthians 16:17I am glad that Stephanus and Fortunatus and Achaicus have arrived, for they have made up for your absence.
Ephesians 4:1I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.
Philippians 2:30for it was through the work of the Lord that he came near to death; for he hazarded his very life to supply what was lacking in the help you sent 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 →