I exhort thee concerning my own child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, - Onesimus: Him who, at one time, was, unto thee, unserviceable, but, now, unto thee and unto me, serviceable; Whom I have sent back unto thee - him, that is, my own, tender affections! - read more.
Whom, I, was minded, with myself, to detain, that, in thy behalf, unto me, he might be ministering in the bonds of the joyful message; But, apart from thy mind, I wished to do, nothing, that, not as by necessity, thy goodness should be, but, by choice. For, peradventure, for this cause, was he separated for an hour, that, as an age-abiding possession, thou mightest have him back, - No longer as a servant, but above a servant - a brother beloved, very greatly to me, but, how much rather, to thee - both in the flesh and in the Lord! If, therefore, thou holdest me as one in thy fellowship, take him unto thee, as myself; And, if he hath wronged thee at all or oweth thee aught, the same, unto me, do thou reckon: - I, Paul, have written it with, my own, hand, - I, will repay it ; that I may not tell thee - that, thyself, unto me, thou still owest. Yea! brother, I, would, from thee, have help, in the Lord: give rest unto my tender affections in Christ. Confident of thine obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that, even beyond what I say, thou wilt do: -