Philemon 12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² I am sending him back to you, and ·with him I am sending my own heart [or he is my very heart]. ¹³ I wanted to keep him with me so that ·in your place [or on your behalf] he might ·help [serve] me while I am in prison for the ·Good News [Gospel]. ¹⁴ But I did not want to do anything without ·asking you first [your consent] so that any good you do for me will be because you want to do it, not ·because I forced you [out of compulsion].