Because I hear of the love and the faith which you show, not only to the Lord Jesus, but also to all his People;

Once he was of little service to you, but now he has become of great service, not only to you, but to me as well;

Only I wished to do nothing without your consent, so that his kind action of yours might not be done under pressure, but might be a voluntary one.

not as a slave [only], but more than a slave, as a dearly loved brother. [He is that] to me especially, but how much more to you, both in a physical way [i.e., by continuing to serve as your slave] and in [the fellowship of] the Lord [i.e., now also as your brother in Christ].