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Philemon 1:13
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:
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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 beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11 Who in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, my own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:
14 But without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldst receive him for ever;
16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
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