Philemon 14-16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴ but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would ^(A)not be, in effect, by compulsion, but of your own free will. ¹⁵ For perhaps it was ^(B)for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, ^16 (C)no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, ^(D)a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both ^(E)in the flesh and in the Lord.