1:13 I really wanted to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he might serve me while I am in chains for the Good News.
1:14 But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness wouldn’t be by force but by free will.
1:15 For perhaps he was separated from you for a while in order that you might have him back forever,
1:16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave—as a beloved brother, especially to me but even more so to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
1:17 So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
1:18 But if he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
1:19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay. (Not to mention that you owe me your very self.)
1:20 Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Messiah.
1:21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than what I say.
1:22 At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me—for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.
1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Messiah Yeshua, greets you.
1:24 So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
1:25 May the grace of our Lord Messiah Yeshua be with your spirit. Amen.
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