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1 : 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
1 : 2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
1 : 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 : 4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
1 : 5 because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;
1 : 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.
1 : 7 For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
1 : 8 Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
1 : 9 yet 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--
1 : 10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,
1 : 11 who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.
1 : 12 I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,
1 : 13 whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
1 : 14 but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
1 : 15 For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,
1 : 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.
1 : 17 If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.
1 : 18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
1 : 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
1 : 20 Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
1 : 21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.
1 : 22 At the same time also prepare me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you.
1 : 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
1 : 24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.
1 : 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.