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Paul a prisoner offor Christ Jesus and Timothy our brother toTo PhilemonPhile′mon our beloved and fellow worker |
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and toAp′phia Apphia our sister and toArchip′pus Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church in thyyour house: |
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I thank my God always makingwhen mentionI ofremember theeyou in my prayers |
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hearingbecause I hear of thyyour love and of the faith which thouyou hasthave toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; |
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and I pray that the fellowshipsharing of thyyour faith may becomepromote effectual in the knowledge of everyall the good thingthat which is ours in you unto Christ |
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For I hadhave derived much joy and comfort infrom thyyour love my brother because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee brotheryou |
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WhereforeAccordingly though I haveam allbold boldnessenough in Christ to enjoincommand theeyou thatto whichdo what is befittingrequired |
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yet for loves sake I ratherprefer beseechto beingappeal suchto ayou—I one as Paul thean agedambassador and now a prisoner also offor Christ Jesus:— |
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I beseechappeal theeto you for my child whomOnes′imus whose father I have begottenbecome in my bondsimprisonment Onesimus |
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whoFormerly oncehe was unprofitableuseless to theeyou but now he is profitableindeed useful to theeyou and to me: |
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whom I haveam sentsending him back to theeyou insending his own person that is my very heart: |
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whom I would fain have keptbeen glad to keep him with me that in thyorder behalfthat he might ministerserve unto me inon theyour bondsbehalf ofduring my imprisonment for the gospel:; |
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but withoutI thypreferred mindto I would do nothing; without your consent in order that thyyour goodness shouldmight not be asby ofcompulsion necessity but of your own free will |
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ForPerhaps perhapsthis is why he was therefore parted from theeyou for a seasonwhile that thouyou shouldestmight have him back for ever; |
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no longer as a servantslave but more than a servantslave as a beloved brother belovedespecially specially to me but how much rathermore to theeyou both in the flesh and in the Lord |
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IfSo thenif thouyou countestconsider me ayour partner receive him as myselfyou would receive me |
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ButIf if he hathhas wronged theeyou at all or owethowes theeyou aughtanything putcharge that to minemy account; |
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I Paul write itthis with minemy own hand I will repay it:—to that I say notnothing untoof theeyour thatowing thou owest to me even thineyour own self besides |
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YeaYes brother letI mewant havesome joybenefit offrom theeyou in the Lord: refreshRefresh my heart in Christ |
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HavingConfident confidenceof inyour thine obedience I write untoto theeyou knowing that thouyou wiltwill do even beyondmore whatthan I say |
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ButAt withalthe preparesame metime alsoprepare a lodging:guest room for me for I hopeam thathoping through your prayers Ito shall be granted untoto you |
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EpaphrasEp′aphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus salutethsends thee;greetings to you |
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and so do Mark AristarchusAristar′chus Demas and Luke my fellow workers |
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The grace of ourthe Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen |