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to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
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hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
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that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us, in Christ Jesus.
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For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
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yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus.
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I beg you for my child, whom I have fathered in my bonds, Onesimus,
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who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me;
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I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,