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PHM 1:1  Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, PHM 1:2  to the beloved Apphia, 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 sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. PHM 1:7  For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother. PHM 1:8  Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, PHM 1:9  yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you - being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ PHM 1:10  I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, PHM 1:11  who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. PHM 1:12  I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, PHM 1:13  whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. PHM 1:14  But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. PHM 1:15  For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, PHM 1:16  no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as 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 count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. PHM 1:18  But if he has wronged you or owes you anything, put that on my account. PHM 1:19  I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay - not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides. PHM 1:20  Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord. PHM 1:21  Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. PHM 1:22  But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you. PHM 1:23  Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, PHM 1:24  as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers. PHM 1:25  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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