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{\MT THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO PHILEMON

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul a prisoner of Iesus Christ, and our brother Timotheus, vnto Philemon our deare friende, and fellowe helper,
\VS{2}And to our deare sister Apphia, and to Archippus our fellowe souldier, and to the Church that is in thine house:
\VS{3}Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
\VS{4}I giue thanks to my God, making mention alwaies of thee in my praiers,
\VS{5}(When I heare of thy loue and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes)
\VS{6}That the fellowship of thy faith may bee made effectuall, and that whatsoeuer good thing is in you through Christ Iesus, may be knowen.
\VS{7}For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted.
\VS{8}Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaund thee that which is conuenient,
\VS{9}Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ.
\VS{10}I beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes,
\VS{11}Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable both to thee and to me,
\VS{12}Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels,
\VS{13}Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel.
\VS{14}But without thy minde woulde I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.
\VS{15}It may be that he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receiue him for euer,
\VS{16}Not now as a seruant, but aboue a seruant, euen as a brother beloued, specially to me: howe much more then vnto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
\VS{17}If therefore thou count our thinges common, receiue him as my selfe.
\VS{18}If he hath hurt thee, or oweth thee ought, that put on mine accounts.
\VS{19}I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe.
\VS{20}Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord.
\VS{21}Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say.
\VS{22}Moreouer also prepare mee lodging: for I trust through your prayers I shall be freely giuen vnto you.
\VS{23}There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christ Iesus,
\VS{24}Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my felowe helpers.
\VS{25}The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your spirit, Amen. ‘Written from Rome to Philemon, and send by Onesimus a seruant.’
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