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Philemon 1:13-17

Philemon 1:13

whom I wanted to keep with me, so that in your behalf he might be at my service in my imprisonment for the gospel;

Philemon 1:14

but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion, but of your own free will.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Philemon 1:17

If then you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.