Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me. "
— Philemon 1:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
“If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself. ”
“If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.”
“Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.”
“If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.”
“If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.”
“If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.”
But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.
So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,
no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me.
But if he has harmed you in any way, or if he is in your debt, charge it to me.
I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.
So it is, brother. May I delight with you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.