Wherefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient.

Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me.

I am sending back to you, him who is my very heart,

It may be that he was separated from you for an hour, for this very reason, that you might have him back for ever,

No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

I Paul am writing this in my own handwriting, "I will repay you." But I will not mention that you owe me, over and over, your very soul.