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{\MT The Epistle of Paul to Philemon

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
prisoner
of
Christ
Jesus,
and Timotheus
the
brother,
to
Philemon
the
beloved
and
our fellow-workman,
\VS{2}and
to
the
sister
Apphia
and
to
Archippus
our fellow-soldier,
and
to
the
assembly
which [is]
in thine
house.
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
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Elohim}God
our
Father,
and [the]
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{4}I
thank
my
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Elohim}God,
always
making
mention
of thee
at
my
prayers,
\VS{5}hearing
of thy
love
and
the
faith
which thou hast towards
the
Lord
Jesus,
and towards
all
the
saints,
\VS{6}in such sort
that thy
participation
in
the
faith should
become operative
in
the acknowledgment
of
every
good
thing
which
is
in
us towards
Christ [Jesus].
\VS{7}For
we
have
great thankfulness
and
encouragement
through thy
love,
because
the bowels
of
the
saints
are
refreshed
by thee,
brother.
\VS{8}Wherefore
having
much
boldness
in
Christ
to enjoin thee
what
is
fitting,
\VS{9}for love's
sake
I
rather
exhort,
being
such
a
one
as
Paul
the
aged,
and
now
also
prisoner
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{10}I
exhort thee
for
{\BD{
my}}
child,
whom
I
have
begotten
in [my]
bonds,
Onesimus,
\VS{11}once unserviceable
to thee,
but
now serviceable
to thee
and
to
me:
\VS{12}whom
I
have
sent
back
to thee: [but
do
{\BD{thou}} receive]
him,
that
is,
{\BD{
my}} bowels:
\VS{13}whom
{\BD{
I}}
was desirous
of keeping
with
myself,
that
for thee
he
might
minister
to
me
in
the
bonds
of
the glad tidings;
\VS{14}but
I
have
wished
to
do
nothing
without thy mind,
that thy
good might
not
be
as
of
necessity
but
of willingness:
\VS{15}for
perhaps
for
this
reason
he
has been
separated [from thee]
for
a
time,
that thou mightest possess
him fully
for ever;
\VS{16}not
any
longer
as
a bondman,
but
above
a bondman,
a
beloved
brother, specially
to
me,
and
how
much
rather
to thee,
both
in [the]
flesh
and
in [the]
Lord?
\VS{17}If
therefore thou holdest
me
to
be
a
partner [with thee],
receive
him
as
me;
\VS{18}but
if
he
have
wronged thee
anything
or
owe
anything [to thee], put
this
to
my
account.
\VS{19}{\BD{
I}}
Paul
have
written [it]
with
mine
own
hand;
{\BD{
I}}
will
repay [it]:
that
I
say
not
to thee
that thou owest
even thine
own
self
also
to
me.
\VS{20}Yea,
brother,
{\BD{
I}}
would
have profit
of
{\BD{thee}}
in [the]
Lord:
refresh
my bowels
in
Christ.
\VS{21}Being
confident
of thine
obedience,
I
have
written
to thee,
knowing
that thou wilt
do
even
more
than
I
say.
\VS{22}But withal
prepare
me
also
a
lodging;
for
I
hope
that
I
shall
be
granted
to
you
through
your
prayers.
\VS{23}Epaphras salutes thee,
my fellow-prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus;
\VS{24}Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
Luke, my fellow-workmen.
\VS{25}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ [be]
with
your
spirit.
\par }