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Philemon 1:13
whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
Philemon 1:13 · Darby Bible
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Philemon 1:13 in other translations
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
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.
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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In context
10 I exhort thee for my child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,
11 once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
12 whom I have sent back to thee: [but do thou receive] him, that is, my bowels:
13 whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
14 but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
15 for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;
16 not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?
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