Philemon 1:10-19 appeal to you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ appeal to you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. ¹¹ Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful both to you and to me. ¹² As I send him back, it’s like I’m coming along with him. ¹³ I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel. ¹⁴ Yet I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be something forced, but voluntary. ¹⁵ Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you could have him back forever, ¹⁶ no longer as a slave but better than a slave—as a dear brother, especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a believer.
¹⁷ So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. ¹⁸ If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. ¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)