Thematic Bible
Philemon 1:1 (show verse)
Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy. Unto Philemon the beloved, and our helper,
Philemon 1:2 (show verse)
and to the beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation of thy house.
Philemon 1:3 (show verse)
Grace be with you and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Philemon 1:4 (show verse)
I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers,
Philemon 1:5 (show verse)
when I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints:
Philemon 1:6 (show verse)
so that the fellowship that thou hast in the faith is fruitful through knowledge of all good things, which are in you by Jesus Christ.
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Philemon 1:7 (show verse)
And we have great joy and consolation over thy love: For by thee, brother, the saints' hearts are comforted.
Philemon 1:8 (show verse)
Wherefore though I be bold in Christ to enjoin thee, that which becometh thee;
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Philemon 1:9 (show verse)
yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Jesus Christ's sake.
Philemon 1:10 (show verse)
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds,
Philemon 1:11 (show verse)
which in time past was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,
Philemon 1:12 (show verse)
whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own heart,
Philemon 1:13 (show verse)
whom I would fain have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.
Philemon 1:14 (show verse)
Nevertheless, without thy mind, would I do nothing, that that good which springeth of thee should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Philemon 1:15 (show verse)
Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever,
Philemon 1:16 (show verse)
not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?
Philemon 1:17 (show verse)
If thou count me a fellow, receive him as myself.
Philemon 1:18 (show verse)
If he have hurt thee or oweth thee ought, that lay to my charge.
Philemon 1:19 (show verse)
I, Paul, have written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to thee how that thou owest unto me even thine own self.
Philemon 1:20 (show verse)
Even so, brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my heart in the Lord.
Philemon 1:21 (show verse)
Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say for.
Philemon 1:22 (show verse)
Moreover, prepare me lodging: for I trust through the help of your prayers, I shall be given unto you.
Philemon 1:23 (show verse)
There salute thee, Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;
Philemon 1:24 (show verse)
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my helpers.
Philemon 1:25 (show verse)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, Amen. {Here ends the Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle unto Philemon, Sent from Rome by Onesimus, a servant.}