1PAUL, A prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), and our brother Timothy, to Philemon our dearly beloved sharer with us in our work,G3972G1198G2424G5547G2532G5095G80G5371G2257G27G2532G49042And to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier [in the Christian warfare], and to the church [assembly that meets] in your house:G2532G27G682G2532G751G2257G4961G2532G1577G2596G4675G36243Grace (spiritual blessing and favor) be to all of you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G2316G2257G3962G2532G2962G2424G5547
Philemon’s Love and Faith
4I give thanks to my God for you always when I mention you in my prayers,G2168G3450G2316G4160G3417G4675G3842G1909G3450G43355Because I continue to hear of your love and of your loyal faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and [which you show] toward all the saints (God's consecrated people).G191G4675G26G2532G4102G3739G2192G4314G2962G2424G2532G1519G3956G406[And I pray] that the participation in {and} sharing of your faith may produce {and} promote full recognition {and} appreciation {and} understanding {and} precise knowledge of every good [thing] that is ours in [our identification with] Christ {Jesus} [and unto His glory].G3704G2842G4675G4102G1096G1756G1722G1922G3956G18G3588G1722G5213G1519G5547G24247For I have derived great joy and comfort {and} encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints [who are your fellow Christians] have been cheered {and} refreshed through you, [my] brother.G1063G2192G4183G5485G2532G3874G1909G4675G26G3754G4698G40G373G1223G4675G808Therefore, though I have abundant boldness in Christ to charge you to do what is fitting {and} required {and} your duty to do,G1352G2192G4183G3954G1722G5547G2004G4671G4339Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am--I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] {and} an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also--G1223G26G3870G3123G3870G5607G5108G5613G3972G4246G1161G3570G2532G1198G2424G5547
A Plea for Onesimus to be Freed
10I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child, Onesimus [meaning profitable], whom I have begotten [in the faith] while a captive in these chains.G3870G4571G4012G1699G5043G3682G3739G1080G1722G3450G119911Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me.G3588G4218G890G4671G890G1161G3570G2173G4671G2532G169812I am sending him back to you in his own person, [and it is like sending] my very heart.G3739G375G4771G1161G4355G846G5123G1699G469813I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel's sake.G3739G1473G1014G2722G4314G1683G2443G4675G5228G1247G3427G1722G1199G209814But it has been my wish to do nothing about it without first consulting you {and} getting your consent, in order that your benevolence might not seem to be the result of compulsion {or} of pressure but might be voluntary [on your part].G1161G5565G4674G1106G2309G4160G3762G3363G4675G18G5600G3363G5600G5613G2596G318G235G1595G259615Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated [from you] for a while, that you might have him back as yours forever,G1063G1223G5029G5563G5124G5563G4314G5610G2443G568G846G16616Not as a slave any longer but as [something] more than a slave, as a brother [Christian], especially dear to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer].G3765G5613G1401G235G5228G1401G80G27G3122G1698G1161G4214G3123G4671G2532G1722G4561G2532G1722G296217If then you consider me a partner {and} a comrade in fellowship, welcome {and} receive him as you would [welcome and receive] me.G1487G2192G1691G3767G2844G4355G846G5613G169118And if he has done you any wrong in any way or owes anything [to you], charge that to my account.G1161G1487G91G4571G2228G3784G5100G1677G5124G1677G169819I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]--and that is to say nothing [of the fact] that you owe me your very self!G1473G3972G1125G1699G5495G1473G661G3363G3004G3363G3004G4671G3754G4359G3427G2532G4572G435920Yes, brother, let me have some profit from you in the Lord. Cheer {and} refresh my heart in Christ.G3483G80G3685G1473G3685G4675G1722G2962G373G3450G4698G1722G296221I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.G3982G4675G5218G1125G4671G1492G3754G4160G2532G4160G3739G5228G300422At the same time prepare a guest room [in expectation of extending your hospitality] to me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted [the gracious privilege of coming] to you.G1161G260G2090G3427G2532G3578G1063G1679G3754G1223G5216G4335G5483G521323Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah),G782G4571G1889G3450G4869G1722G5547G242424And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.G3138G708G1214G3065G3450G490425The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with your spirit. {Amen (so be it).}G5485G2257G2962G2424G5547G3326G5216G4151G281
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