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<a href="../2_thessalonians/1.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:1-2</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </p> <p class="hdg">Philemon's Faith and Love</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. </p> <p class="hdg">Paul's Appeal for Onesimus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides). <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. </p> <p class="hdg">Additional Greetings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 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