Philemon 1:14-18
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.
Philemon 1:18
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;