Philemon 14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

¹⁵ For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

¹⁶ Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord?