Philemon 14-16

Expanded Bible

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]. ¹⁵ [^LFor] Maybe Onesimus was separated from you for a short time so you could have him back forever— ¹⁶ no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a loved brother. ·I love him very much, but you will love him even more [^L…especially to me, but more so to you], both ·as a person [or in the natural realm; ^Lin the flesh] and ·as a believer in the Lord [or in the spiritual realm; ^Lin the Lord].