Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.

Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. So be it.