⁹ with Onesimus the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you; all things to you shall they make known that `are' here.

¹⁰ I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,

¹¹ who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

¹² whom I did send again, and thou him (that is, my own bowels) receive,

¹³ whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

¹⁴ and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

¹⁵ for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,

¹⁶ no more as a servant, but above a servant -- a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

¹⁷ If, then, with me thou hast fellowship, receive him as me,

¹⁸ and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

¹⁹ I, Paul did write with my hand, I -- I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.

⁷ All the things concerning me make known to you shall Tychicus -- the beloved brother, and faithful ministrant, and fellow-servant in the Lord --