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15 Poate(A) că el a fost despărţit de tine pentru o vreme tocmai ca să-l ai pentru veşnicie, 16 dar nu ca pe un rob, ci mult mai presus decât pe un rob: ca pe un frate(B) preaiubit mai ales de mine şi(C) cu atât mai mult de tine, fie în chip firesc, fie în Domnul! 17 Dacă mă socoteşti dar ca prieten(D) al tău, primeşte-l ca pe mine însumi.

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15 Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever— 16 no longer as a slave,(A) but better than a slave, as a dear brother.(B) He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.

17 So if you consider me a partner,(C) welcome him as you would welcome me.

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