^{9 Ref} because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

^{10 Ref} I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,

^{11 Ref} who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

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

^{13 Ref} 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 Ref} and apart from thy mind I willed to do nothing, that as of necessity thy good deed may not be, but of willingness,

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

^{16 Ref} 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!