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Philemon 1:13

Serving others

11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

15 For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
KJV
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
WEB
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
ASV
whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
DARBY
whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
BLB
whom I was wishing to keep with myself, so that on behalf of you he might minister to me in the chains of the gospel.
ÅB
Jeg hadde lyst til å la ham bli her hos meg, for at han kunne tjene meg i ditt sted mens jeg er lenket for evangeliets skyld,
OTB
Jeg ville gjerne ha beholdt ham hos meg, så han kunne tjene meg på dine vegne under min fangenskap for evangeliet.
B1930
Jeg hadde lyst til å la ham bli her hos mig, forat han i ditt sted kunde tjene mig i mine lenker for evangeliet,

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