Colossians 4:7
Personal Greetings and Instructions
4:7 Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Philemon 1:10-19
1:10 I am appealing
to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become
during my imprisonment,
that is, Onesimus,
1:11 who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you
and me.
1:12 I have sent
him (who is my very heart)
back to you.
1:13 I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place
during
my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.
1:14 However,
without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.
1:15 For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,
1:16 no longer as a slave,
but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking
and in the Lord.
1:17 Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.
1:18 Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes
to me.
1:19 I, Paul, have written
this letter
with my own hand:
I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe
me your very self.