1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved [brother] and fellow worker,G3972G1198G2424G5547G2532G5095G80G5371G2257G27G2532G4904 2and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:G2532G27G682G2532G751G2257G4961G2532G1577G2596G4675G3624 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547 4I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,G2168G3450G2316G4160G3417G4675G3842G1909G3450G4335 5because I hear of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;G191G4675G26G2532G4102G3739G2192G4314G2962G2424G2532G1519G3956G40 6[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.G3704G2842G4675G4102G1096G1756G1722G1922G3956G18G3588G1722G5213G1519G5547G2424 7For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.G1063G2192G4183G5485G2532G3874G1909G4675G26G3754G4698G40G373G1223G4675G80 8Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you [ to do] that which is proper,G1352G2192G4183G3954G1722G5547G2004G4671G433 9yet 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—G1223G26G3870G3123G3870G5607G5108G5613G3972G4246G1161G3570G2532G1198G2424G5547 10I appeal to you for my child, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment, Onesimus,G3870G4571G4012G1699G5043G3682G3739G1080G1722G3450G1199 11who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.G3588G4218G890G4671G890G1161G3570G2173G4671G2532G1698 12And I have sent him back to you in person, that is, [sending] my very heart,G3739G375G4771G1161G4355G846G5123G1699G4698 13whom I wished to keep with me, that in your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;G3739G1473G1014G2722G4314G1683G2443G4675G5228G1247G3427G1722G1199G2098 14but without your consent I did not want to do anything, that your goodness should not be as it were by compulsion, but of your own free will.G1161G5565G4674G1106G2309G4160G3762G3363G4675G18G5600G3363G5600G5613G2596G318G235G1595G2596 15For perhaps he was for this reason parted [from you] for a while, that you should have him back forever,G1063G1223G5029G5563G5124G5563G4314G5610G2443G568G846G166 16no 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.G3765G5613G1401G235G5228G1401G80G27G3122G1698G1161G4214G3123G4671G2532G1722G4561G2532G1722G2962 17If then you regard me a partner, accept him as [you would] me.G1487G2192G1691G3767G2844G4355G846G5613G1691 18But if he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account;G1161G1487G91G4571G2228G3784G5100G1677G5124G1677G1698 19I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (lest I should mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).G1473G3972G1125G1699G5495G1473G661G3363G3004G3363G3004G4671G3754G4359G3427G2532G4572G4359 20Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.G3483G80G3685G1473G3685G4675G1722G2962G373G3450G4698G1722G2962 21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.G3982G4675G5218G1125G4671G1492G3754G4160G2532G4160G3739G5228G3004 22And at the same time also prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.G1161G260G2090G3427G2532G3578G1063G1679G3754G1223G5216G4335G5483G5213 23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,G782G4571G1889G3450G4869G1722G5547G2424 24[as do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.G3138G708G1214G3065G3450G4904 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.G5485G2257G2962G2424G5547G3326G5216G4151G281
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