Philemon 1:14-18

14but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would 1not be, in effect, by compulsion, but of your own free will. 15For perhaps it was 2for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, 163no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, 4a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both 5in the flesh and in the Lord.

17If then you regard me as a 6partner, accept him as you would me. 18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;