Philemon 1:13 meaning and explanation

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.

Philemon 1:13, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes from prison to Philemon, a slave owner and fellow believer in whose house the church meets. Onesimus, Philemon's slave, had left him and come to Paul, who led him to faith.

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