Philemon 1:10-16

Etheridge(i) 10 And I entreat of thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimos, 11 who once was of no use to thee, but (who will) now to thee, as also to me, be greatly useful; and I have sent him to thee. 12 But thou, as (one) who is my offspring, so receive him. 13 For I would have retained him with me, that he might have served me for thy sake in the bonds of the gospel; 14 but without thy counsel I was not willing to do any thing, that thy goodness might not be as by constraint, but of thy will. 15 But, perhaps, for this he passed away for an hour, that thou mayest hold him for ever; 16 not henceforth as a servant, but as more than a servant, a beloved brother of mine, and how much more of thine, both in the flesh and in our Lord!