I would rather intreat thee out of love to me, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner too for the sake of Jesus Christ.

Whom I would gladly have kept with me, that he might have ministered unto me as thou wouldst have done, in the bonds of the gospel.

But I would do nothing without thy knowledge, that thy kindness might not be as it were forced, but voluntary.

Being fully persuaded of thy compliance, I have written to thee; knowing that thou wilt indeed do more than I ask.