Philemon 14-16

English Standard Version

¹⁴ but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be ^(A)by compulsion but of your own accord. ¹⁵ For this perhaps is why ^(B)he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, ^16 (C)no longer as a bondservant^[a] but more than a bondservant, as ^(D)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, ^(E)both in the flesh and in the Lord.