Berean Standard Bible

Philemon 1:13

“I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.”

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¹¹Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

¹²I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

¹³I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

¹⁴But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

¹⁵For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

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