1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,G3972G1198G2424G5547G2532G5095G80G5371G2257G27G2532G49042to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:G2532G27G682G2532G751G2257G4961G2532G1577G2596G4675G36243Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G55474I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,G2168G3450G2316G4160G3417G4675G3842G1909G3450G43355hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,G191G4675G26G2532G4102G3739G2192G4314G2962G2424G2532G1519G3956G406that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.G3704G2842G4675G4102G1096G1756G1722G1922G3956G18G3588G1722G5213G1519G5547G24247For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.G1063G2192G4183G5485G2532G3874G1909G4675G26G3754G4698G40G373G1223G4675G808Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,G1352G2192G4183G3954G1722G5547G2004G4671G4339yet 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—G1223G26G3870G3123G3870G5607G5108G5613G3972G4246G1161G3570G2532G1198G2424G554710I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,G3870G4571G4012G1699G5043G3682G3739G1080G1722G3450G119911who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.G3588G4218G890G4671G890G1161G3570G2173G4671G2532G169812I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,G3739G375G4771G1161G4355G846G5123G1699G469813whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.G3739G1473G1014G2722G4314G1683G2443G4675G5228G1247G3427G1722G1199G209814But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.G1161G5565G4674G1106G2309G4160G3762G3363G4675G18G5600G3363G5600G5613G2596G318G235G1595G259615For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,G1063G1223G5029G5563G5124G5563G4314G5610G2443G568G846G16616no 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.G3765G5613G1401G235G5228G1401G80G27G3122G1698G1161G4214G3123G4671G2532G1722G4561G2532G1722G296217If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.G1487G2192G1691G3767G2844G4355G846G5613G169118But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.G1161G1487G91G4571G2228G3784G5100G1677G5124G1677G169819I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.G1473G3972G1125G1699G5495G1473G661G3363G3004G3363G3004G4671G3754G4359G3427G2532G4572G435920Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.G3483G80G3685G1473G3685G4675G1722G2962G373G3450G4698G1722G296221Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.G3982G4675G5218G1125G4671G1492G3754G4160G2532G4160G3739G5228G300422But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.G1161G260G2090G3427G2532G3578G1063G1679G3754G1223G5216G4335G5483G521323Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,G782G4571G1889G3450G4869G1722G5547G242424as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.G3138G708G1214G3065G3450G490425The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.G5485G2257G2962G2424G5547G3326G5216G4151G281
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