I rather for love's sake entreat, being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ.

whom I have sent back; thou therefore receive him, even as my own bowels:

but without thy consent would I do nothing; that this good deed of thine might not be as of necessity, but from thy own choice.

no longer as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved, especially by me, but how much more by thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

If therefore thou holdest me a sharer with thee, receive him as myself.