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{\MT Paul’s Letter to Philemon

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
a
prisoner
of
Jesus
Christ,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
Philemon,
our
dear helper
in
the faith,
\VS{2}And
to
Apphia,
our
sister,
and
to
Archippus,
our brother
in God's army,
and
to
the
church
in
your
house:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{4}I
give praise
to
God
at
all
times
and
make
prayer
for
you,
\VS{5}Hearing
of
the
love
and
the
faith
which
you
have
to
the
Lord
Jesus
and
to
all
the
saints;
\VS{6}That
the
faith
which
you
have
in common
with
them
may
be working
with power,
in
the
knowledge
of
every
good
thing
in
you,
for
Christ.
\VS{7}For
I
had
great
joy
and
comfort
in
your
love,
because
the
hearts
of
the
saints
have
been made strong
again
through
you,
brother.
\VS{8}And
so,
though
I
might,
in
the name
of
Christ, give
you orders
to
do
what
is right,
\VS{9}Still,
because
of
love,
in place
of
an order,
I make
a request
to
you,
I,
Paul,
an
old
man
and
now
a
prisoner
of
Christ
Jesus:
\VS{10}My request
is
for
my
child
Onesimus,
the
child
of
my
chains,
\VS{11}Who
in
the past
was
of no profit
to
you,
but
now
is
of profit
to
you
and
to
me:
\VS{12}Whom
I
have
sent
back
to
you,
him
who
is
my
very
heart:
\VS{13}Though
my
desire
was
to
keep
him
with
me,
to
be
my
servant
in
the
chains
of
the
good
news,
in
your
place:
\VS{14}But
without
your approval
I
would
do
nothing;
so
that
your
good works might
not
be forced,
but
done freely
from
your heart.
\VS{15}For
it
is possible
that
for
this
reason
he
was parted
from
you
for
a
time,
so
that
you
might
have
him
for ever;
\VS{16}No
longer
as
a
servant,
but
more
than
a
servant,
a
brother,
very
dear
to
me specially,
but
much
more
to
you,
in
the
flesh
as
well
as
in
the
Lord.
\VS{17}If
then
you
take
me
to
be
your friend
and brother,
take
him
in
as
myself.
\VS{18}If
he
has
done
you
any
wrong
or
is
in debt
to
you
for
anything, put
it
to
my
account.
\VS{19}I,
Paul,
writing
this
myself,
say,
I
will
make payment
to
you:
and
I
do
not
say
to
you
that
you
are
in debt
to
me
even
for
your life.
\VS{20}So
brother,
let
me
have joy
of
you
in
the
Lord:
give new life
to
my
heart
in
Christ.
\VS{21}Being certain
that
you
will
do
my desire,
I
am
writing
to
you,
in
the knowledge
that
you
will
do
even
more
than
I
say.
\VS{22}And
make
a room
ready
for
me;
for
I
am
hoping
that
through
your
prayers
I
will
be
given
to
you.
\VS{23}Epaphras,
my brother-prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus,
sends
you
his love;
\VS{24}And so do
Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
and
Luke, my brother-workers.
\VS{25}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. So
be it.
\par }