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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 BLB</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/philemon/1.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Greetings from Paul and Timothy<br /><span class="cross">(1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2)</span></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 <i>our</i> brother,</p><p class="reg"> To Philemon, our beloved and fellow worker, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house: </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and <i>the</i> 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 upon my prayers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>hearing of your love and the faith that 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>so that the fellowship of your faith might become effective in <i>the</i> acknowledgment of every good <i>thing</i> that <i>is</i> in you toward Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For I have great joy and encouragement by occasion of your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by 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, having much boldness in Christ to order you what <i>is</i> befitting, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>rather, I exhort <i>you</i> for the sake of love, being such a one as Paul, now aged and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I exhort you for my child whom I have begotten in chains, Onesimus,<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>once useless to you, but now useful both to you and to me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>whom I have sent back to you in person—he who is my very heart— <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>whom I was wishing to keep with myself, so that on behalf of you he might serve me in the chains of the gospel. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I wanted to do nothing apart from your consent, so that your good may be not as according to necessity, but according to willingness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For perhaps because of this he was separated <i>from you</i> for a time, so that you might possess him eternally, <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>no longer as a slave, but above a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in <i>the</i> flesh and in <i>the</i> Lord. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, if you consider me a partner, receive him as me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But if in any way he has wronged you or he owes <i>you</i>, charge this to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I Paul did write with my own hand. I will repay <i>it</i>, that I may not say to you that you owe also to me even yourself. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Yes, brother, may I have profit from you in <i>the</i> Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Being persuaded of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even above what I say. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/philemon/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now at the same time, also prepare a lodging for me; for I hope that through your prayers, I will be granted 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><i>as do</i> Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, <i>and</i> 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 the Lord Jesus Christ <i>be</i> with your spirit.<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="BYZ and TR include ‘Amen.’">b</a></span><A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnote">Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)</span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR include <i>Amen.</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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