Philemon 13-15

Darby Translation

¹³ whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

¹⁴ but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

¹⁵ for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;