New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Philemon 1:13
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I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
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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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whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
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whom I was wishing to keep with myself, so that on behalf of you he might minister to me in the chains of the gospel.
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