13. I would like to keep him here to help me while I am still in prison for telling the Good News. By helping me here, he would be representing you.
14. But I did not want to do anything without asking you first. Then whatever you do for me will be what you want to do, not what I forced you to do.
15. Onesimus was separated from you for a short time. Maybe that happened so that you could have him back forever,
16. not to be just a slave, but better than a slave, to be a dear brother. That’s what he is to me. And I know he will mean even more to you, both as your slave and as one who shares your faith in the Lord.