13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
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For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-25)We have here, I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Phlm. on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Phlm. 1:8-21. The 1 st Argument is taken from what was before noted, and is carried in the illative wherefore : “Seeing so much good is reported of thee and found in thee, especially thy love to all s…
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