Philemon 1:14-18

14but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

15Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, so that you would have him back forever,

16no longer as a slave, but [as someone] more than a slave, as a brother [in Christ], especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer].

17So if you consider me a partner, welcome and accept him as you would me.

18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;