Philemon 1:13 KJV

Philemon · chapter 1 · verse 13 · King James Version

Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:Philemon 1:13 · King James Version

Philemon 1:13 in context

11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

ministereddiakoneōto be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon, to minister to one, render…G1247 →
retainedkatechōto hold back, detain, retain, from going away, to restrain, hinder , that which hinders…G2722 →
steadhyperin behalf of, for the sake of, over, beyond, more than, more, beyond, overG5228 →
bondsdesmosa band or bondG1199 →