^{10 Ref} My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

^{11 Ref} Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:

^{12 Ref} Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

^{13 Ref} Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

^{14 Ref} But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

^{15 Ref} For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

^{16 Ref} No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.