13 I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me ^son your behalf ^tduring my imprisonment for the gospel,

15 For ^lthough you have countless¹ guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For ^mI became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

19 ^bmy little children, ^cfor whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ ^dis formed in you!