Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say for.

and to the beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation of thy house.

Grace be with you and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers,

when I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints:

so that the fellowship that thou hast in the faith is fruitful through knowledge of all good things, which are in you by Jesus Christ.

And we have great joy and consolation over thy love: For by thee, brother, the saints' hearts are comforted.

Wherefore though I be bold in Christ to enjoin thee, that which becometh thee;

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds,

whom I would fain have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.

which in time past was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,

yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Jesus Christ's sake.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, Amen. {Here ends the Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle unto Philemon, Sent from Rome by Onesimus, a servant.}

whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own heart,

Nevertheless, without thy mind, would I do nothing, that that good which springeth of thee should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

If thou count me a fellow, receive him as myself.

not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?

Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever,

If he have hurt thee or oweth thee ought, that lay to my charge.

Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my helpers.

Even so, brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my heart in the Lord.

I, Paul, have written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to thee how that thou owest unto me even thine own self.

Moreover, prepare me lodging: for I trust through the help of your prayers, I shall be given unto you.

There salute thee, Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;

Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy. Unto Philemon the beloved, and our helper,