but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

I Paul have written it with mine own hand; I will repay it: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.