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

¹⁶ not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

¹⁷ If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;