Philemon 1:13
Parallel Translations


NASB: whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel; (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I wanted to keep him here with me. Then he could have served me in your place while I am in prison for spreading the Good News. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
ASV: whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
BBE: Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
DBY: whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
WEY: It was my wish to keep him at my side for him to attend to my wants, as your representative, during my imprisonment for the Good News.
WBS: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:
WEB: whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
YLT: whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

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