11 In times past, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to me and to you.
12 So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart.
13 I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.
14 But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.
15 So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,
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