to my wants, as your representative, during my imprisonment
for the Good News.
001:014 Only I wished to do nothing without your consent, so that
his kind action of yours might not be done under pressure,
but might be a voluntary one.
001:015 For perhaps it was for this reason he was parted from you for a time,
that you might receive him back wholly and for ever yours;
001:016 no longer as a slave, but as something better than a slave--
a brother peculiarly dear to me, and even dearer to you,
both as a servant and as a fellow Christian.
001:017 If therefore you regard me as a comrade, receive him as if
he were I myself.
001:018 And if he was ever dishonest or is in your debt, debit me
with the amount.
001:019 I Paul write this with my own hand--I will pay you in full.
(I say nothing of the fact that you owe me even your own self.)
001:020 Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's sake.
Refresh my heart in Christ.
001:021 I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes,
for I know you will do even more than I say.
001:022 And at the same time provide accommodation for me; for I hope
that through your prayers I shall be permitted to come to you.
001:023 Greetings to you, my brother, from Epaphras my fellow prisoner
for the sake of Christ Jesus;
001:024 and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
001:025 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with the spirit
of every one of you.