Philemon 13-15

Authorized (King James) Version

¹³ whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: ¹⁴ but without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. ¹⁵ For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;