'Retain' in the Bible

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,