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|Filemom 1:11| He was of no use to you before, but now he is useful both to you and to me.
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|Filemom 1:12| I am sending him back to you -- that is to say, sending you my own heart.
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|Filemom 1:13| I should have liked to keep him with me; he could have been a substitute for you, to help me while I am in the chains that the gospel has brought me.
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|Filemom 1:14| However, I did not want to do anything without your consent; it would have been forcing your act of kindness, which should be spontaneous.
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|Filemom 1:15| I suppose you have been deprived of Onesimus for a time, merely so that you could have him back for ever,
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|Filemom 1:16| no longer as a slave, but something much better than a slave, a dear brother; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both on the natural plane and in the Lord.
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|Filemom 1:17| So if you grant me any fellowship with yourself, welcome him as you would me;
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|Filemom 1:18| if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, put it down to my account.
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|Filemom 1:19| I am writing this in my own hand: I, Paul, shall pay it back -- I make no mention of a further debt, that you owe your very self to me!
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|Filemom 1:20| Well then, brother, I am counting on you, in the Lord; set my heart at rest, in Christ.
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