Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel;

For perhaps he was separated from thee for a season to this end, that thou shouldst receive him back as thine for ever;

no longer as a bondservant, but above a bondservant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord!

And if he wronged thee in anything, or oweth thee, put that to my account.