Philemon 12-14

King James Version

¹²Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

¹³Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

¹⁴But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Philemon 12-14

New International Version

¹²I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. ¹³I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains^(A) for the gospel. ¹⁴But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced^(B) but would be voluntary.

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Philemon 12-14

New King James Version

¹²I am sending him ^[a]back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own ^[b]heart, ¹³whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. ¹⁴But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, ^(A)that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.