Philemon 1:13

Good News Translation (US Version)

I would like to keep him here with me, while I am in prison for the gospel's sake, so that he could help me in your place.

Cross References

Philippians 1:7

You are always in my heart! And so it is only right for me to feel as I do about you. For you have all shared with me in this privilege that God has given me, both now that I am in prison and also while I was free to defend the gospel and establish it firmly.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God.

1 Corinthians 16:17

I am happy about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; they have made up for your absence

Philemon 1:1

From Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy— To our friend and fellow worker Philemon,

Philippians 2:30

because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.

Ephesians 4:1

I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.

Philemon 1:10

So I make a request to you on behalf of Onesimus, who is my own son in Christ; for while in prison I have become his spiritual father.

Philemon 1:12

I am sending him back to you now, and with him goes my heart.