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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and
fellow -
worker,
to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that
meets
at
your
house:
and
to Apphia our sister, and
to Archippus our fellow -
soldier, and to the church in
thy
house:
Grace and
peace
to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and
peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I always
thank my God, remembering
you
in my prayers,
I thank my God always
, making
mention
of
thee
in my prayers,
because
I
hear
about
your
faith in
the Lord Jesus and your
love
for
all the saints .
hearing
of
thy
love,
and
of
the
faith which
thou
hast
toward
the Lord Jesus ,
and toward
all the saints ;
I
pray
that your
partnership
in
the faith may become effective
as
you
fully
acknowledge
every good thing that
is ours
in Christ.
that the fellowship
of
thy
faith may become effectual,
in
the
knowledge
of
every good thing which
is in you,
unto
Christ.
I take
great
joy and encouragement
in your
love, because you,
brother,
have
refreshed
the hearts of the saints.
For
I had
much
joy and comfort
in thy
love, because the hearts of the saints have
been
refreshed
through
thee,
brother
.
So
although
in Christ I
am
bold
enough
to order
you
to
do
what
is proper
,
Wherefore,
though
I
have
all
boldness
in Christ to enjoin
thee
that
which
is befitting
,
I
prefer
to
appeal
on
the
basis
of
love.
For I, Paul ,
am
now
aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as
well.
yet
for love's
sake
I rather
beseech
, being
such
a
one
as
Paul the
aged, and now
a prisoner also
of Christ Jesus :
I appeal
to
you
for my child Onesimus
, whose
father
I
became
while
I was
in chains.
I beseech
thee
for my child, whom
I have
begotten
in my
bonds,
Onesimus,
Formerly
he
was useless
to you
, but now he
has
become
useful
both
to you
and to me .
who
once
was unprofitable
to thee
, but now is
profitable
to thee
and to me :
I am
sending
back to you
him
who
is my very heart .
whom
I have
sent
back to thee
in
his
own
person,
that
is ,
my very heart :
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 .
whom
I would fain
have kept
with me, that in
thy
behalf he might
minister unto
me in the bonds
of
the
gospel :
But I did
not
want
to
do anything
without
your
consent,
so
that your
goodness will
not be out
of compulsion
, but by
your
own
free will.
but without
thy
mind
I would
do nothing;
that thy
goodness should
not be as
of necessity
, but of
free will.
For perhaps this
is
why
he was separated
from you
for a while
, so
that you
might
have him back
for good—
For perhaps he was therefore
parted
`
from thee'
for a season
, that thou
shouldest
have him for ever;
no longer as a slave
, but better
than a slave
, as
a beloved
brother .
He
is
especially
beloved to me, but even
more
so
to you
, both in person
and in the Lord.
no longer as a servant
, but more
than a servant
, a brother beloved ,
specially
to me, but how
much
rather
to thee
, both in the
flesh
and in the Lord.
So
if you
consider
me a partner, receive him as you
would
receive
me
.
If then
thou
countest
me a partner, receive him as myself
.
But if he has
wronged you
in
any
way
or owes
you
anything
, charge
it
to my
account .
But if he hath
wronged the
at
all,
or oweth
`thee'
aught
, put
that
to mine
account ;
I ,
Paul ,
write this
with my
own hand .
I will repay it —
not to
mention
that you
owe
me your
very
self.
I Paul write it
with mine
own hand ,
I will repay it :
that
I
say
not unto
thee
that thou
owest
to
me even
thine
own
self besides
.
Yes
, brother, let me have some
benefit
from
you
in the Lord .
Refresh my heart in Christ.
Yea
, brother, let me have joy
of
thee
in the Lord :
refresh my heart in Christ.
Confident
of
your
obedience ,
I write to
you
, knowing that you
will
do even more
than
I ask
.
Having
confidence
in
thine
obedience I write unto
thee
, knowing that thou
wilt
do even beyond
what
I say
.
In
the
meantime,
prepare a guest
room
for me,
because
I hope that through your prayers I will
be restored
to
you.
But
withal
prepare me
also
a lodging:
for I hope that through your prayers I shall
be granted
unto
you.
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends
you
greetings,
Epaphras, my fellow -
prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth
thee;
as
do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and
Luke, my fellow workers.
`and
so
do '
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow -
workers.
The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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