Philemon 1:10-16

ABU(i) 10 I beseech thee for my child, whom I begot in my bonds, Onesimus; 11 who in time past was unprofitable to thee, but is now profitable to thee and to me; 12 whom I sent back to thee. But do thou receive him, that is, my own flesh; 13 whom I would have retained with myself, that in thy stead he might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel. 14 But without thy consent I desired to do nothing; that thy benefit may not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he departed for a season to this end, that thou shouldest receive him as thine forever; 16 no longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more to thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord!