I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in yoʋr place during my imprisonment for the gospel.
I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because these men have supplied what was lacking on your part.
For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, bow my knees in prayer.
Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received,
It is right for me to think this way about you all, since I have you in my heart. For you all share with me in God's grace, both in my imprisonment and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel.
because he drew near to death for the work of Christ, disregarding his own life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved friend and fellow worker,
appeal to yoʋ on behalf of my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.
and I ask yoʋ to receive him, that is, my very own heart.