Philemon 1:13
“Whome I would haue reteined with mee, that in thy stead hee might haue ministred vnto me in the bonds of the Gospel.”
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Philemon 1:13 Context
11Which in time past was to thee vnprofitable: but now profitable to thee and to me: 12Whom I haue sent againe: thou therfore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels. 13Whome I would haue reteined with mee, that in thy stead hee might haue ministred vnto me in the bonds of the Gospel. 14But without thy minde would I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not bee as it were of necessitie, but willingly. 15For perhaps hee therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receiue him for euer:
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Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
- King James Version
whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
- New American Standard Version (1995)