¹³ whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

¹⁷ And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied.

¹ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

⁷ even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

³⁰ because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

¹ Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,