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The Book of Philemon
Chapter 1
Phm 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon the beloved and fellow laborer,
Phm 1:2 and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.
Phm 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phm 1:4 I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,
Phm 1:5 hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
Phm 1:6 that the fellowship of your faith may operate in a full knowledge of every good thing in you in Christ Jesus.
Phm 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation over your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
Phm 1:8 Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to enjoin you to do the fitting thing;
Phm 1:9 rather through love I entreat, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Phm 1:10 I entreat you for my child Onesimus, whom I have fathered in my bonds,
Phm 1:11 he who was once worthless to you, but now useful to you and to me; whom I sent back to you.
Phm 1:12 Even receive him, that is, my own heart,
Phm 1:13 whom I resolved to retain with myself, so that for you he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel.
Phm 1:14 But without your consent I was willing to do nothing, that your good should not be of necessity, but willingly.
Phm 1:15 For perhaps because of this he was separated from you for an hour, that you should receive him eternally,
Phm 1:16 not now as a slave, but beyond a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Phm 1:17 If then you have me as a partner, receive him as me.
Phm 1:18 If he has wronged you or owes you in anything, put that on my account.
Phm 1:19 I, Paul, wrote it with my own hand; I will repay, that I do not say to you that you owe even yourself to me also.
Phm 1:20 Yes, brother, that I may have your help in the Lord, refresh my heart in the Lord.
Phm 1:21 Trusting to your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Phm 1:22 But at once prepare lodging for me, for I hope that through your prayers I shall be given to you.
Phm 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
Phm 1:24 and also Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-laborers.
Phm 1:25 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
