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

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

τον οποιον εγω ηθελον να κρατω πλησιον μου, δια να με υπηρετη αντι σου εν τοις δεσμοις του ευαγγελιου·

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