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Philemon 1:13

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

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Philemon 1:13 in other translations

whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

Philemon 1:13 · American Standard Version

Philemon 1:13 in context

  1. 11who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
  2. 12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
  3. 13whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
  4. 14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
  5. 15For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,