57:001:008 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin
thee that which is convenient,
57:001:009 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one
as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
57:001:010 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my
bonds:
57:001:011 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now
profitable to thee and to me:
57:001:012 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is,
mine own bowels:
57:001:013 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might
have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
57:001:014 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit
should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
57:001:015 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou
shouldest receive him for ever;
57:001:016 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
57:001:017 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.