Philemon 1:12-16

I send him to you with my fondest wishes.

I'd have preferred to keep him here with me so that he could have helped me as you would have done while I am in chains for telling the good news.

But I decided not do anything without your permission. I didn't want you to be forced to do good, but to do so willingly.

Maybe you lost him for a while so that you could have him back forever!

He's not a servant anymore, because he's more than a servant. He's a specially-loved brother, particularly to me, and even more to you, both as a man and as a fellow-believer in the Lord.