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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Philemon 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/philemon/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/philemon/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Philemon 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../titus/3.htm" title="Titus 3">◄</a> Philemon 1 <a href="../hebrews/1.htm" title="Hebrews 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/philemon/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,</p><p class="opening">To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home:</p> <p class="opening"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek is plural; also in verses 22 and 25; elsewhere in this letter ''you'' is singular.">a</a></sup></span> from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Thanksgiving and Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Paul’s Plea for Onesimus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Onesimus means useful.">b</a></sup></span> who became my son while I was in chains. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your very self. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/philemon/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek is plural; also in verses 22 and 25; elsewhere in this letter “you” is singular.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Onesimus</i> means <i>useful.</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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