I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,
I rejoice in the arrival of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because they made up for your absence,
Because of this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ [Jesus] for you Gentiles—
I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, you who are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
because for the sake of the work of Christ he came close to death, risking his life to make up for those services to me that you could not perform.
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved and our co-worker,
I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.