13. I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.
14. 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.
15. So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,
16. no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much so more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
17. Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me.