{If then thou countest me a partner} (ei oun me echeis
koin(936e)on). As I assume that you do, condition of the first
class. {Receive him as myself} (proslabou auton h(9373) eme). "Take
him to thyself (indirect second aorist middle of proslamban(935c) as
in  Ac 18:26 ) as myself." Surpassing delicacy and consummate
tact. These words sound the death-knell of human slavery wherever
the spirit of Christ is allowed to have its way. It has been a
long and hard fight to break the shackles of human bondage even
in Christian countries and there are still millions of slaves in
pagan and Mohammedan lands. Paul wrote these words with wisdom
and courage and sincerity.