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Philemon 1:13

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

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  1. Philemon 1:11

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

  2. Philemon 1:12

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

  3. Philemon 1:14

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

  4. Philemon 1:15

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.