Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the good news:
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Yahshua the Messiah for you Gentiles,
I therefore, the prisoner of Yahweh, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, ye all are partakers of my grace.
Because for the work of the Messiah he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
Paul, a prisoner of Yahshua the Messiah, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer,
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own affections: