Philemon 1:13

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

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

14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,

WEB World English Bible: whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
KJV King James Version: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
BSB Berean Standard Bible: 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.
ASV American Standard Version: whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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 Darby Translation: whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
WBS Webster Bible: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel: