11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart.[a][b] 13 I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Other mss read him back. Receive him, my own heart.
  2. 12 Lit you—that is, my own heart

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