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

May grace be granted to you all, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;

it is for love's sake that--instead of that--although I am none other than Paul the aged, and am now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

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

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with the spirit of every one of you.