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Philemon

Chapters: 1

1:1
 From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus and from our brother Timothy; to our dear fellow worker Philemon,

1:2
 our sister Apphia, our fellow soldier Archippus and the church that meets in your house.

1:3
 Grace and the peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4
 I always thank my God, mentioning you in my prayers,

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 because I hear of the love and the faith which you have for the Lord Jesus and for all God's holy people.

1:6
 I pray that your fellowship in faith may come to expression in full knowledge of all the good we can do for Christ.

1:7
 I have received much joy and encouragement by your love; you have set the hearts of God's holy people at rest.

1:8
 Therefore, although in Christ I have no hesitations about telling you what your duty is,

1:9
 I am rather appealing to your love, being what I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

1:10
 I am appealing to you for a child of mine, whose father I became while wearing these chains: I mean Onesimus.

1:11
 He was of no use to you before, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

1:12
 I am sending him back to you -- that is to say, sending you my own heart.

1:13
 I should have liked to keep him with me; he could have been a substitute for you, to help me while I am in the chains that the gospel has brought me.

1:14
 However, I did not want to do anything without your consent; it would have been forcing your act of kindness, which should be spontaneous.

1:15
 I suppose you have been deprived of Onesimus for a time, merely so that you could have him back for ever,

1:16
 no longer as a slave, but something much better than a slave, a dear brother; especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both on the natural plane and in the Lord.

1:17
 So if you grant me any fellowship with yourself, welcome him as you would me;

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 if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, put it down to my account.

1:19
 I am writing this in my own hand: I, Paul, shall pay it back -- I make no mention of a further debt, that you owe your very self to me!

1:20
 Well then, brother, I am counting on you, in the Lord; set my heart at rest, in Christ.

1:21
 I am writing with complete confidence in your compliance, sure that you will do even more than I ask.

1:22
 There is another thing: will you get a place ready for me to stay in? I am hoping through your prayers to be restored to you.

1:23
 Epaphras, a prisoner with me in Christ Jesus, sends his greetings;

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 so do my fellow-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke.

1:25
 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.


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