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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker —
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker —
Greetings from Paul and Timothy
Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,
Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,
also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier — and to the church that meets in your home:
and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
Philemon's Faith and Love
I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,
I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,
because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus.
hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.
in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].
Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.
For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,
Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,
Paul's Appeal for Onesimus
Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,
Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,
yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul — an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus —
for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.
I exhort 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.
once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
I am sending him — who is my very heart — back to you.
whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:
I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.
whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary.
but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever —
for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.
not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;
If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.
but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back — not to mention that you owe me your very self.
*I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.
I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.
But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.
Additional Greetings
Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;
Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.