10. I appeal to you on behalf of my son Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
11. who in the past was unprofitable to you, but now he is profitable to you and to me.
12. I have sent him back. Therefore receive him as my own heart.
13. I wanted to keep him with me, so that in your place he might serve me during my imprisonment for the gospel.
14. But without your consent I would do nothing, so that your goodness would not be forced, but given willingly.