13 Whom I would have received 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 [a]necessity, but willingly.

15 It may be that he therefore [b]departed for [c]a season, that thou shouldest receive him forever,

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:14 That thou mightest not seem to have lent me thy servant upon constraint, but willingly.
  2. Philemon 1:15 Thus he assuageth the harder kind of speech, which is to say, he ran away.
  3. Philemon 1:15 For a little time.

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