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12 whom I sent back to you himself—this one who is my inner parts— 13 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. 14 But apart from your consent I wanted to do nothing, so that your good may be not as according to necessity, but according to willingness. 15 For perhaps because of this he was separated for an hour, so that you might have him back eternally, 16 no longer as a slave, but above a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. Philemon 1:12-16, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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