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This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
1 This letter is from Paulos, a prisoner of messiah Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), and our brother Timotheos. I’m writing to our dear co-worker Filemon (Philemon), 2 as well as our sister Apfia and our fellow-soldier Arkippos,[ref] and to the assembly that meets in your home. 3 May you all experience grace and peace from our father God and from the master Yeshua the messiah.
4 Filemon (Philemon) , I’m always thanking my God and mentioning you in my prayers 5 after hearing your faith and about your love for the master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and for all the believers. 6 I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become active in the knowledge of every good thing in us toward the messiah, [WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???] 7 because I was very happy and encouraged by your love, because the hearts of the believers have been refreshed by you, brother.
8 Therefore, with the help of the messiah, I would be brave enough to tell you what you need to do, 9 but because of love as Paulos, an older man and now also a prisoner for Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah, I’m just going to encourage you to do it. 10 So I’m going to encourage you concerning Onesimos[ref] who became my spiritual ‘son’ since I’ve been imprisoned. 11 Before, he was useless to you, but now he’s useful to both of us.
12 I sent him to you (even though in my heart 13 I wanted to keep him here) so that he might be serving me here due to the bonds of the good message, 14 but I didn’t want to do anything without hearing your opinion, so that you’re not doing good because you have to, but rather because you want to.
15 It was possibly because of that that he was separated from you for a while, so that on the eternal scale you could fully accept him, 16 no longer as a slave, but better than a slave—a dear brother to me most of all, but preferably also to you—a brother in the body and in Yahweh.
17 Therefore, if you consider me as your partner, accept him like you’d accept me, 18 but if he did anything wrong to you or owes you anything, charge it to me. 19 I, Paulos, wrote this bit in my own handwriting. I will pay back anything he owes you, then I won’t need to be reminding you that you pretty much owe yourself to me. 20 Yes, brother, with both of us being in Yahweh, I might hopefully benefit from you—refresh my heart in the messiah.
21 I wrote to you because I was sure that you’d obey my request, in fact knowing that you’d do even more than what I ask.
22 Go ahead and prepare somewhere for me to stay, because I’m hoping that I’ll be able to visit, thanks to you all praying for me. 23 Epafras (Epaphras),[ref] my fellow prisoner in Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah, sends his greetings, 24 as do my fellow-workers Markos,[ref] Aristarkos,[ref] Demas,[ref] and Lukas (Luke).[ref]
25 May the grace of our master Yeshua the messiah be with the spirit of you all there. May it be so.
2: Col 4:17.
10: Col 4:9.
24: Acts 12:12,25; 13:13; 15:37-39; Col 4:10.
24: Acts 19:29; 27:2; Col 4:10.
