I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,

and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing that is ours in Christ.

For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

I would have been glad to keep him with me, so that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will pay it backnot to mention that you owe me even your own self.

Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope through your prayers to be granted to you.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.