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Philemon 1:13

NETBible	I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place¹ during² my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.³
NIV © biblegateway Phm 1:13	I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.
NASB © biblegateway Phm 1:13	whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
NLT © biblegateway Phm 1:13	I really wanted to keep him here with me while I am in these chains for preaching the Good News, and he would have helped me on your behalf.
MSG © biblegateway Phm 1:13	I wanted in the worst way to keep him here as your stand-in to help out while I'm in jail for the Message.
BBE © SABDAweb Phm 1:13	Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
NRSV © bibleoremus Phm 1:13	I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel;
NKJV © biblegateway Phm 1:13	whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
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KJV	Whom <3739> I <1473> would <1014> (5711) have retained <2722> (5721) with <4314> me <1683>_, that <2443> in thy <4675> stead <5228> he might have ministered <1247> (5725) unto me <3427> in <1722> the bonds <1199> of the gospel <2098>_:
NASB © biblegateway Phm 1:13	whom <3739> I wished <1014> to keep <2722> with me, so <2443> that on your behalf <5228> he might minister <1247> to me in my imprisonment <1199> for the gospel <2098> ;
NET [draft] ITL	I <1473> wanted <1014> to <4314> keep <2722> him so that <2443> he could serve <1247> me <3427> in <5228> your <4675> place during <1722> my imprisonment <1199> for the sake of the gospel <2098> .
GREEK	on <3739> R-ASM egw <1473> P-1NS eboulomhn <1014> (5711) V-INI-1S prov <4314> PREP emauton <1683> F-1ASM katecein <2722> (5721) V-PAN ina <2443> CONJ uper <5228> PREP sou <4675> P-2GS moi <3427> P-1DS diakonh <1247> (5725) V-PAS-3S en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPM desmoiv <1199> N-DPM tou <3588> T-GSN euaggeliou <2098> N-GSN

NETBible

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place¹ during² my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.³

NET Notes

¹tn This is one of the clearest texts in the NT in which ὑπέρ is used for substitution. Cf. ExSyn 387.

²tn Grk “in my imprisonment.” Paul seems to expect release from his imprisonment after some time (cf. v. 22), but in the meantime the assistance that Onesimus could provide would be valuable to the apostle.

³tn Grk “in the chains of the gospel.” On the translation “imprisonment for the sake of the gospel,” cf. BDAG 219 s.v. δεσμός 1.a where it says: “Oft. simply in ref. to the locale where bonds or fetters are worn imprisonment, prison (Diod. S. 14, 103, 3; Lucian, Tox. 29; Jos., Ant. 13, 294; 302, Vi. 241; Just., A I, 67, 6 al.) Phil 1:7, 13f, 17; Col 4:18; Phlm 10. μέχρι δεσμῶν 2 Ti 2:9. ἐν τοῖς δ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου in imprisonment for the gospel Phlm 13; cf. ISm 11:1; Pol 1:1.”