10. I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
11. who was once useless to you but is now useful to [both] you and me.
12. I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.
13. I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,
14. but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary.
15. Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,