Philemon 12-14
Legacy Standard Bible
12 I have sent him back to you in person, that is, my very heart, 13 whom I intended to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my (A)chains for the gospel, 14 but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would (B)not be, in effect, by compulsion but voluntary.
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Philemon 12-14
King James Version
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained 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 benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
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Philemon 12-14
New King James Version
12 I am sending him [a]back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own [b]heart, 13 whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. 14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, (A)that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.
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- Philemon 1:12 NU back to you in person, that is, my own heart,
- Philemon 1:12 See v. 7.
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