Once he [was] useless to you, but now [he is] useful to you and to me,

But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes [you anything], {charge this to my account}.