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{\MT Paul’s Letter to Philemon

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
a
prisoner
of
Christ\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.}
Jesus,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
Philemon,
our
beloved
fellow
worker,
\VS{2}to
the beloved
Apphia,
to
Archippus
our
fellow
soldier,
and
to
the
assembly
in
your
house:
\VS{3}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
thank
my
God
always,
making
mention
of
you
in
my
prayers,
\VS{5}hearing
of
your
love
and
of
the
faith
which
you
have towards
the
Lord
Jesus
and towards
all
the
saints,
\VS{6}that
the
fellowship
of
your
faith
may
become
effective
in
the
knowledge
of
every
good
thing
which
is
in
us
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{7}For
we
have
much
joy
and
comfort
in
your
love,
because
the
hearts
of
the
saints
have
been
refreshed
through
you,
brother.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Therefore
though
I
have
all
boldness
in
Christ
to
command
you
that
which
is appropriate,
\VS{9}yet
for
love’s
sake
I
rather
appeal
to
you,
being
such
a
one
as
Paul,
the
aged,
but
also
a
prisoner
of
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{10}I
appeal
to
you
for
my
child
Onesimus,
whom
I
have become
the
father
of
in
my
chains,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:10 }
Onesimus means “useful”.}
\VS{11}who
once
was
useless
to
you,
but
now
is
useful
to
you
and
to
me.
\VS{12}I
am sending
him
back. Therefore receive
him,
that
is,
my
own
heart,
\VS{13}whom
I desired
to
keep
with
me,
that
on
your
behalf
he
might
serve
me
in
my
chains
for
the
Good
News.
\VS{14}But
I
was
willing
to
do
nothing
without
your
consent,
that
your
goodness
would
not
be
as
of
necessity,
but
of
free
will.
\VS{15}For
perhaps
he
was
therefore
separated
from
you
for
a
while
that
you
would
have
him
forever,
\VS{16}no
longer
as
a
slave,
but
more
than
a
slave,
a
beloved
brother—especially
to
me,
but
how
much
rather
to
you,
both
in
the
flesh
and
in
the
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}If
then
you count
me
a
partner,
receive
him
as
you
would
receive
me.
\VS{18}But
if
he
has
wronged
you
at all
or
owes
you
anything, put
that
to
my
account.
\VS{19}I,
Paul,
write
this
with
my
own
hand:
I
will
repay
it (not
to
mention
to
you
that
you
owe
to
me
even
your
own
self besides).
\VS{20}Yes,
brother,
let
me
have joy
from
you
in
the
Lord.
Refresh
my
heart
in
the
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Having
confidence
in
your
obedience,
I
write
to
you,
knowing
that
you
will
do
even
beyond
what
I
say.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Also,
prepare
a guest room
for
me,
for
I
hope
that
through
your
prayers
I
will
be restored
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Epaphras,
my
fellow
prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus,
greets
you,
\VS{24}as do
Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
and
Luke, my
fellow
workers.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. Amen.
\par }