| Philemon | ||
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| 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: | |
| Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, | |
| because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; | |
| {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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 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 have sent him back to you in person, that is, {sending} my very heart, | |
| whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel; | |
| 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. | |
| For perhaps he was for this reason separated {from you} for a while, that you would have him back forever, | |
| 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. | |
| If then you regard me a partner, accept him as {you would} me. | |
| But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account; | |
| 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. | |
| Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say. | |
| At the same time also prepare me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you. | |
| Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, | |
| {as do} Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers. | |
| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. |
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