And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

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

I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

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.

Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.