I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel;
I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence;
This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God's grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker,
I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.
I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.