I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.
because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,