11 Who in time past was to you unprofitable, but now profitable to you and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: you therefore receive him, that is, my own heart:
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in your stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14 But without your consent would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that you should receive him forever;
16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me, but how much more unto you, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
17 If you count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.