PHM 1:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT whom I desired to keep with me, so that he might serve me on behalf of you in the chains of the gospel.

UST I wanted to keep him here with me in order that he might serve me in your place, especially while I am still in prison for preaching the good news about the Messiah.

BSB § I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

BLB whom I was wishing to keep with myself, so that on behalf of you he might serve me in the chains of the gospel.

AICNT I would have liked to keep him with me, so that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,

OEB For my own sake I should like to keep him with me, so that, while I am in prison for the good news, he might attend to my wants on your behalf.

WEB whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

NET I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

LSV whom I intended to retain to myself, that in your behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

FBV 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.

TCNT I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in yoʋr place during my imprisonment for the gospel.

T4T I would like to have kept him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf, while I am a prisoner [MTY] because of my preaching the message about Christ.

LEB No LEB PHM 1:13 verse available

BBE Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

MOF No MOF PHM book available

ASV whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

DRA Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel:

YLT whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

DBY whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

RV whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

WBS Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:

KJB Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
(Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy/your stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: )

BB Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell:
(Whom I would have retayned with me, that in thy/your steade he might have ministered unto me in the bondes of the Gospel:)

GNV Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.
(Whom I would have reteined with mee, that in thy/your steade he might have ministered unto me in the bondes of the Gospel. )

CB For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me, that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in ye bondes of ye Gospell:
(For I would have kepte him still with me, that in thy/your steade he might have ministered unto me in ye/you_all bondes of ye/you_all Gospel:)

TNT whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me that in thy stede he myght have ministred vnto me in the bondes of the gospell.
(whom I would fayne have retayned with me that in thy/your stede he might have ministered unto me in the bondes of the gospel. )

WYC whom Y wolde withholde with me, that he schulde serue for thee to me in boondis of the gospel;
(whom I would withholde with me, that he should serve for thee to me in boondis of the gospel;)

LUT Denn ich wollte ihn bei mir behalten, daß er mir an deiner Statt dienete in den Banden des Evangeliums;
(Because I wanted him/it bei to_me behalten, that he to_me at deiner Statt dienete in the Banden the gospel;)

CLV quem ego volueram mecum detinere, ut pro te mihi ministraret in vinculis Evangelii:
(quem I volueram mecum detinere, as pro you(sg) mihi ministraret in vinculis Evangelii: )

UGNT ὃν ἐγὼ ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κατέχειν, ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι διακονῇ ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου;
(hon egō eboulomaʸn pros emauton kateⱪein, hina huper sou moi diakonaʸ en tois desmois tou euangeliou?)

SBL-GNT ὃν ἐγὼ ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κατέχειν, ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ ⸂μοι διακονῇ⸃ ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου,
(hon egō eboulomaʸn pros emauton kateⱪein, hina huper sou ⸂moi diakonaʸ⸃ en tois desmois tou euangeliou, )

TC-GNT ὃν ἐγὼ ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κατέχειν, ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ [fn]διακονῇ μοι ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου·
(hon egō eboulomaʸn pros emauton kateⱪein, hina huper sou diakonaʸ moi en tois desmois tou euangeliou;)

1:13 διακονη μοι 80% ¦ μοι διακονη CT 12.7%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Slavery

Slavery was an accepted way of life in the Roman world. Prisoners of war were often made slaves, many were born into slavery, and individuals could voluntarily become slaves for a period of time to work off a debt. A large percentage of the population, including many Christians, were either slaves or freed slaves (see Acts 6:9). Why, then, did Paul not denounce slavery?

There appear to be two reasons. First, slavery in the Roman world was very different from the kind of slavery familiar to the Western world. Slavery was not race-based, and it was seldom lifelong; most slaves could expect to be freed by the age of thirty. In fact, a number of people sold themselves into slavery for upward social mobility into otherwise unattainable social circles. Some slaves were well educated and held responsible positions in their households and in society; many had amicable relations with their masters. In the Roman world, Christians like Philemon would have felt no compunction about owning slaves.

The second reason that Paul did not decry the institution of slavery was that his calling was not to change the structures of society, but to build the church—to see people converted and their lives spiritually transformed. For Paul, whether a believer is a slave or not is somewhat irrelevant, as are external circumstances generally; the important thing is serving Christ, whatever one’s situation in life. In other words, Paul is more concerned with Christian life and witness than with physical emancipation. So even slaves can do their work as an act of worship (Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-24; cp. 1 Tim 6:1-2). When Paul addresses Christian slaves, he encourages them to accept their lot as a calling in which they can serve Christ; he is their real Master, and in him they are really free (1 Cor 7:20-24).

Paradoxically, every Christian (whether slave or free), having been freed from the most tragic form of slavery—slavery to sin—can now experience true freedom by living as a slave of God and of righteousness (Rom 6:6-22). For Paul, this is the only kind of slavery and freedom that is ultimately significant.

Passages for Further Study

Rom 6:6-22; 1 Cor 7:20-24; 9:19; Eph 6:5-8; Col 3:22-24; 1 Tim 6:1-2; Phlm 1:8-21

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι διακονῇ

in_order_that for you ˱unto˲_me ˱he˲_/may_be/_serving

Paul knows that Philemon wants to help him, and so he suggests that a way to do that would be to allow Onesimus to serve Paul in prison. Alternate translation: “so that, since you could not be here, he might help me” or “so that he could help me in your place”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς

in the bonds

Prisoners were often bound in chains. Paul was in prison when he told Onesimus about the Messiah, and he was still in prison when he wrote this letter.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου

in the bonds ˱of˲_the gospel

Paul was in prison because he preached the gospel publicly. You can state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the chains that they put on me because I preach the gospel”

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