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Philemon 1:13
Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.
Philemon 1:13 · Geneva 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 beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes,
11 Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable both to thee and to me,
12 Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels,
13 Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.
14 But without thy minde woulde I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
15 It may be that he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receiue him for euer,
16 Not now as a seruant, but aboue a seruant, euen as a brother beloued, specially to me: howe much more then vnto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
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