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1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker,
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1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,
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2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
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2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home:
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3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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4 I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,
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4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
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5 [because I] hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.
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5 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
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6 [I pray] that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge [of] every good [thing] that [is] in us for Christ.
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6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
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7 For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
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8 Therefore, [although I] have great confidence in Christ to order you [to do what] is proper,
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8 Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,
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9 instead I appeal to [you] because of love, [since I] am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
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9 yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul--an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--
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10 I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus.
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10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains.
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11 Once he [was] useless to you, but now [he is] useful to you and to me,
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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
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12 whom I have sent back to you himself, that is, my heart,
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12 I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you.
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13 whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.
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13 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.
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14 But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good [deed] might be not as according to necessity, but according to [your own] free will.
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14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.
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15 For perhaps because of this, he was separated [from you] for a time, in order that you might have him back forever,
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15 Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good--
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16 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.
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16 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 man and as a brother in the Lord.
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17 If therefore you consider me a partner, receive him as [you would] me.
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17 So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
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18 But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes [you anything], {charge this to my account}.
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18 If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.
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19 I, Paul, write [this] with my [own] hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that {you owe me even your very self besides}.
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19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back--not to mention that you owe me your very self.
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20 Yes, brother, I ought to have some benefit of you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
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20 I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
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21 Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you [because I] know that you will do even beyond what I say.
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21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
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22 At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
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22 And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.
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23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
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23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.
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24 [and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, [and] Luke, my fellow workers.
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24 And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.
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25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.
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25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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