"Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:"
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For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Gospel.
whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,