Philemon 1:13

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For my own sake I should like to keep him with me, so that, while I am in prison for the Good News, he might attend to my wants on your behalf.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:17

I am glad Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come, for they have made up for your absence;

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles--

Ephesians 4:1

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

Philippians 1:7

And, indeed, I am justified in feeling thus about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart--you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the Good News, shared my privilege with me.

Philippians 2:30

For it was owing to his devotion to the Master's work that he was at the point of death, having risked his own life in the effort to supply what was wanting in the help that you sent me.

Philemon 1:1

From Paul, now a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, a Brother.

Philemon 1:10

I plead with you for this Child of mine, Onesimus, to whom, in my parson, I have become a Father.

Philemon 1:12

And I am sending him back to you with this letter--though it is like tearing out of my very heart.