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Philemon 1:3

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Philemon 1:4

4 I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
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Philemon 1:5

5 because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
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Philemon 1:6

6 and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
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Philemon 1:7

7 For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
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Philemon 1:8

8 Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
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Philemon 1:9

9 yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus--
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Philemon 1:10

10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus,whose father I became in my imprisonment.
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Philemon 1:11

11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
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Philemon 1:12

12 I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
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Philemon 1:13

13 I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,
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Philemon 1:14

14 but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.
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Philemon 1:15

15 For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
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Philemon 1:16

16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother--especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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Philemon 1:17

17 So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
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Philemon 1:18

18 If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
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Philemon 1:19

19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it--to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
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Philemon 1:20

20 Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
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Philemon 1:21

21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
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Philemon 1:22

22 At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
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Philemon 1:23

23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
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Philemon 1:24

24 and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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