Philemon 1:13

I would have liked to keep him with me, to wait on me in your stead while I wear these chains for the good news,

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

And I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come to see me, because they have supplied what you lacked.

because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.

Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and my brother Timothy, to our dearly loved fellow-worker Philemon,

This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,