SinaiPhilemon 1:13
American Standard Version
whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
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Philemon 1:13 in other translations
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
Philemon 1:13 in context
- 11who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:
- 12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:
- 13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
- 14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.
- 15For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;