Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –

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.

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.