Philemon 1:13 · KJV
"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
What does Philemon 1:13 mean? →Passage Context
11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
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