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Greeting
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Greeting
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,
and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon’s Love and Faith
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
Philemon’s Love and Faith
I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
The Plea for Onesimus
Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,
Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,
yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you — I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus —
yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you — being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ —
I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,
(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.
I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,
whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.
But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.
For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,
no longer as a slave but more than a slave — a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
Philemon’s Obedience Encouraged
If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it — to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay — not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
Final Greetings
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
Farewell
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.