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⁸ Wherefore I have great confidence in the Meshiha to command thee those acts which are righteous,⁹ but for love's sake entreating I entreat of thee, I, Paulos, who am the aged as thou knowest, but now also the bondman of Jeshu Meshiha.¹⁰ And I entreat of thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimos,¹¹ who once was of no use to thee, but (who will) now to thee, as also to me, be greatly useful;¹² and I have sent him to thee. But thou, as (one) who is my offspring, so receive him.¹³ For I would have retained him with me, that he might have served me for thy sake in the bonds of the gospel;¹⁴ but without thy counsel I was not willing to do any thing, that thy goodness might not be as by constraint, but of thy will.¹⁵ But, perhaps, for this he passed away for an hour, that thou mayest hold him for ever;¹⁶ not henceforth as a servant, but as more than a servant, a beloved brother of mine, and how much more of thine, both in the flesh and in our Lord!¹⁷ If then thou art with me a partaker, receive him as mine.¹⁸ And if of any thing he hath deprived thee, or oweth, that reckon unto me.¹⁹ I, Paulos, have written with my hands, I will repay thee; for I will not tell thee that thou owest thyself to me.²⁰ Yes, my brother, I will be refreshed by thee in our Lord; refresh my bowels in the Meshiha.²¹ Because I am confident of thy hearing me, I have written to thee, and I know that more than I have asked thou wilt do.²² But at once also prepare me a house of lodging, for I hope through your prayers I shall be given to you.²³ Epaphra, a captive with me in Jeshu Meshiha,²⁴ and Markos, and Aristarkos, and Dema, and Luka, my helpers, ask for your peace.²⁵ The grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha be with your spirit, my brethren. Amen.