\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Philemon}
{\MT Paul’s Letter to Philemon

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
a
prisoner
of
Christ
Jesus,
and
Timothy,
a
brother:
to
Philemon,
our
beloved
and
fellow labourer;
\VS{2}And
to Appia,
our dearest
sister,
and
to
Archippus,
our
fellow
soldier,
and
to
the
church
which
is
in thy
house:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{4}I
give
thanks
to
my
God,
always
making
a
remembrance
of thee
in
my
prayers.
\VS{5}Hearing
of thy charity
and
faith,
which thou hast
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
and towards
all
the
saints:
\VS{6}That
the communication
of thy
faith
may
be
made evident
in
the acknowledgment
of
every
good work,
that
is
in
you
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{7}For
I
have
had
great
joy
and
consolation
in thy charity,
because
the bowels
of
the
saints
have
been
refreshed
by thee,
brother.
\VS{8}Wherefore
though
I
have
much
confidence
in
Christ Jesus,
to
command thee
that
which
is
to
the purpose:
\VS{9}For charity
sake
I
rather beseech,
whereas thou art
such
a
one,
as
Paul
an
old
man,
and
now
a
prisoner
also
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{10}I beseech thee
for
my
son,
whom
I
have
begotten
in
my bands,
Onesimus,
\VS{11}Who hath
been heretofore unprofitable
to thee,
but
now
is profitable
both
to
me
and thee,
\VS{12}Whom
I
have
sent
back
to thee.
And
do thou receive
him
as
my
own bowels.
\VS{13}Whom
I
would
have retained
with
me,
that
in thy stead
he
might
have
ministered
to
me
in
the bands
of
the
gospel:
\VS{14}But
without thy counsel
I
would
do
nothing:
that thy
good deed might
not
be
as
it
were
of
necessity,
but voluntary.
\VS{15}For
perhaps
he
therefore
departed
for
a season
from thee,
that thou mightest receive
him again
for ever:
\VS{16}Not
now
as
a
servant,
but
instead
of
a
servant,
a
most
dear
brother,
especially
to
me:
but
how
much
more
to thee
both
in
the
flesh
and
in
the
Lord?
\VS{17}If
therefore thou count
me
a
partner,
receive
him
as
myself.
\VS{18}And
if
he hath
wronged thee
in
any
thing,
or
is
in thy debt, put
that
to
my
account.
\VS{19}I
Paul
have
written
it
with
my
own
hand:
I
will
repay
it:
not
to
say
to thee,
that thou owest
me thy
own
self
also.
\VS{20}Yea,
brother.
May
I enjoy thee
in
the
Lord.
Refresh
my bowels
in
the
Lord.
\VS{21}Trusting
in thy
obedience,
I
have
written
to thee:
knowing
that thou wilt
also
do
more
than
I
say.
\VS{22}But withal
prepare
me
also
a
lodging.
For
I
hope
that
through
your
prayers
I
shall
be
given unto
you.
\VS{23}There salute thee
Epaphras,
my
fellow
prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus;
\VS{24}Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
and
Luke my
fellow labourers.
\VS{25}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. Amen.
\par }