Philemon 1:13

WEB

¹³whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

KJV

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

BSB

¹³I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

FBV

¹³^[+] I'd have preferred to keep him here with me so that he could have helped me as you would have done while I am in chains for telling the good news.

Extra References

Philippians 1:7

⁷It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Ephesians 3:1

¹For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 16:17

¹⁷I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that which was lacking on your part, they supplied.

Ephesians 4:1

¹I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

Philippians 2:30

³⁰because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

Philemon 1:1

¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ^[+] Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,