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  • Philemon 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 13 I would like to keep him here for myself so that he might take your place in ministering to me during my imprisonment for the sake of the good news.+

  • Philemon 13
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 13 ὃν Whom ἐγὼ I ἐβουλόμην was wishing πρὸς toward ἐμαυτὸν myself κατέχειν, to be holding down, ἵνα in order that ὑπὲρ over σοῦ you μοι to me διακονῇ he may serve ἐν in τοῖς the δεσμοῖς bonds τοῦ of the εὐαγγελίου, good news,

  • Philemon 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 13 I would like to hold him back for myself that in place of you+ he might keep on ministering* to me in the [prison] bonds+ I bear for the sake of the good news.*

  • Philemon 13
    The Bible in Living English
    • 13 whom I wanted to retain with me in order that he might take your place in doing services for me during my imprisonment for the gospel;

  • Philemon 13
    American Standard Version
    • 13 whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Philemon 13
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 13 Whom I was minded with myself to detain, That in thy behalf unto me he might be ministering in the bonds of the joyful message;

  • Philemon 13
    King James Version
    • 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

  • Philemon
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • verse 13 w75 718, 728; w71 457; w67 308

  • Philemon Study Notes
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 13

      in ministering to me: Paul may have in mind a wide range of ways in which Onesimus could assist him. The Greek word di·a·ko·neʹo (“to minister”; “to serve”) basically conveys the idea of humbly rendering service in behalf of others. In this context, it may refer to performing such services as obtaining or preparing food or helping Paul in other practical ways. Ultimately, by assisting Paul, Onesimus was working humbly “for the sake of the good news.”​—See study notes on Lu 8:3; 22:26.

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