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Philemon 1:13
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 · World English 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 appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,
16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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