15. for perhaps for this reason he has been separated from thee for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;
16. not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
17. If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner with thee, receive him as me;
18. but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything to thee, put this to my account.
19. I Paul have written it with mine own hand; I will repay it: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.