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Philemon 1:3

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:4

4 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,

Philemon 1:5

5 hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

Philemon 1:6

6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Philemon 1:7

7 For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

Philemon 1:8

8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,

Philemon 1:9

9 yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--

Philemon 1:10

10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,

Philemon 1:11

11 who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

Philemon 1:12

12 I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

Philemon 1:13

13 whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

Philemon 1:14

14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

Philemon 1:15

15 For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

Philemon 1:16

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.

Philemon 1:17

17 If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

Philemon 1:18

18 But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.

Philemon 1:19

19 I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay--not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.

Philemon 1:20

20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

Philemon 1:21

21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

Philemon 1:22

22 But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

Philemon 1:23

23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

Philemon 1:24

24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.