Philemon 1:8-16

8Wherefore having muchG4183 boldnessG3954 in ChristG5547 to enjoin thee what is fitting,

9for love's sakeG1223 I ratherG3123 exhortG3870, beingG1510 such a oneG3588 as PaulG3972 the aged, and nowG1161 alsoG2532 prisonerG1198 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547.

10I exhortG3870 thee for my childG5043, whom I have begottenG1080 in [my] bonds, OnesimusG3682,

11onceG4218 unserviceable to thee, but nowG1161 serviceable to thee and to me:

12whom I have sent backG375 to thee: [but do thou receive] him, that isG1510, my bowels:

13whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might ministerG1247 to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

14but I have wishedG2309 to do nothing without thy mind, that thy goodG18 might not beG1510 as of necessityG318 but of willingness:

15for perhapsG5029 for this reason he has been separatedG5563 [from thee] for a timeG5610, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

16not any longerG2089 as a bondman, but above a bondman, a belovedG27 brotherG80, specially to me, and howG5613 muchG4214 ratherG3123 to thee, both in [the] fleshG4561 and in [the] LordG2962?