Philemon 12-14

Christian Standard Bible

¹² I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart.^{[a][b] 13} I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place. ¹⁴ But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.