Philemon 1:13

American Standard Version (1901)

whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 16:17 : 17 And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they supplied.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
  • Phlm 1:1 : 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:12
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    12whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

  • Phlm 1:14-17
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    14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

    15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

    17If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.

  • Phil 2:25-30
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    25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

    26since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

    27for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

    29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

    30because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

  • Phlm 1:7-9
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    7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

    9yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

  • Phil 2:18-20
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    18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

    19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

    20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

  • Phil 1:12-13
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    12Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

    13so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

  • Phil 1:7-8
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    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.

    8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 2:22-23
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    22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child [serveth] a father, [so] he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.

    23Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me:

  • Col 1:24-25
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

    25whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

  • 2 Cor 11:9
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    9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] .

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18(the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

  • Phlm 1:20
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    20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judaea, and [that] my ministration which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

  • Col 4:8-9
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    8whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;

    9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

  • Rom 1:10-13
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    10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

    11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

    12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.

    13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

  • 2 Tim 4:11
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    11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

  • 1 Cor 16:6
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    6but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

  • Phlm 1:22
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    22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.

  • 1 Tim 1:12
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    12I thank him that enabled me, [even] Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to [his] service;

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

  • Rom 15:23
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    23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

  • Phil 1:19
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    19For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen: