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Philemon 1:13

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

KJV

ὃν ἐγὼ ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κατέχειν, ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι διακονῇ ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου,

Greek NT

quem ego volueram mecum detinere, ut pro te mihi ministraret in vinculis Evangelii :

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βούλομαι
boulomai
verb · 36×
δεσμόν
desmon
noun · 18×
διακονέω
diakoneo
verb · 37×
εὐαγγέλιον
euaggelion
noun · 76×
κατέχω
katecho
verb · 17×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐμαυτοῦ
emautou
reflexive_pronoun · 37×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: μοι διακονῇ | WH/Treg/NIV: μοι διακονῇ | RP: διακονῇ μοι
  • μοι διακονῇSBLGNT
  • μοι διακονῇWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διακονῇ μοιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:17 — I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
  • 1Cor 16:17 — I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
  • 1Kgs 19:21 — And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went afte
  • Eph 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.