Thematic Bible
Philemon 1:1 (show verse)
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
Philemon 1:2 (show verse)
and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Philemon 1:3 (show verse)
grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
No Themes for this verse.
Philemon 1:4 (show verse)
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
Philemon 1:5 (show verse)
because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,
Philemon 1:6 (show verse)
and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing that is ours in Christ.
No Themes for this verse.
Philemon 1:7 (show verse)
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Philemon 1:8 (show verse)
Therefore, though I am bold enough in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
No Themes for this verse.
Philemon 1:9 (show verse)
yet for love's sake I rather appeal to yousince I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus
Philemon 1:10 (show verse)
10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.
Philemon 1:11 (show verse)
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.
Philemon 1:12 (show verse)
I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
Philemon 1:13 (show verse)
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;
Philemon 1:14 (show verse)
but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.
Philemon 1:15 (show verse)
Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,
Philemon 1:16 (show verse)
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.
Philemon 1:17 (show verse)
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
Philemon 1:18 (show verse)
If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
Philemon 1:19 (show verse)
I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will pay it backnot to mention that you owe me even your own self.
Philemon 1:20 (show verse)
Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
Philemon 1:21 (show verse)
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Philemon 1:22 (show verse)
At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope through your prayers to be granted to you.
Philemon 1:23 (show verse)
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
Philemon 1:24 (show verse)
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Philemon 1:25 (show verse)
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.