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Greetings from Paul
This letter is from Paul, a prisoner for preaching the Good News about Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.
I am writing to Philemon, our beloved co-worker,
This letter is from Paul, a prisoner for preaching the Good News about Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.
I am writing to Philemon, our beloved co-worker,
Salutation
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer
I always thank my God when I pray for you, Philemon,
Philemon’s Love and Faith
I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
because I keep hearing about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people.
because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;
And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.
and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.
Your love has given me much joy and comfort, my brother, for your kindness has often refreshed the hearts of God’s people.
For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus
That is why I am boldly asking a favor of you. I could demand it in the name of Christ because it is the right thing for you to do.
Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you — since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus —
I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison.
Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,
who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.
I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.
I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,
I wanted to keep him here with me while I am in these chains for preaching the Good News, and he would have helped me on your behalf.
whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.
but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.
For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,
He is no longer like a slave to you. He is more than a slave, for he is a beloved brother, especially to me. Now he will mean much more to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.
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, welcome him as you would welcome me.
If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.
If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to me.
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it. And I won’t mention that you owe me your very soul!
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
One more thing — please prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that God will answer your prayers and let me return to you soon.
At the same time also prepare me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you.
Paul’s Final Greetings
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings.
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.