Philemon 13-15

21st Century King James Version

¹³ I would have retained him 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 goodness should not be, as it were, of necessity but willingly.

¹⁵ For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him back for ever—