Philemon 1:19

17 So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

20 Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

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, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
KJV
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
WEB
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
ASV
I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
DARBY
*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.
BLB
I, Paul, wrote with my own hand. I will repay [it], that I may not say to you that you also owe to me even yourself.
ÅB
Jeg, Paulus, skriver med egen hånd: jeg skal betale det - for ikke å nevne at du skylder meg til og med deg selv.
OTB
Jeg, Paulus, skriver dette med min egen hånd—jeg vil betale det—ikke å nevne at du skylder meg selv ditt eget liv.
B1930
Jeg, Paulus, skriver med egen hånd: jeg skal betale det - forat jeg ikke skal si dig at du skylder mig endog dig selv.

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