Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother: To Philemon our dearly-loved fellow labourer--

no longer as a slave, but as something better than a slave--a brother peculiarly dear to me, and even dearer to you, both as a servant and as a fellow Christian.

I Paul write this with my own hand--I will pay you in full. (I say nothing of the fact that you owe me even your own self.)

I write to you in the full confidence that you will meet my wishes, for I know you will do even more than I say.

Greetings to you, my brother, from Epaphras my fellow prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus;

and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.