Philemon 1 — DBY
1Verse 1Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,Verse 2and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.Verse 3Grace to you and peace from°God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.Verse 4I thank my°God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,Verse 5hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,Verse 6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].Verse 7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.Verse 8Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,Verse 9for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.Verse 10I exhort thee for my child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,Verse 11once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:Verse 12whom I have sent back to thee: [but do thou receive] him, that is, my bowels:Verse 13whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;Verse 14but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:Verse 15for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;Verse 16not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?Verse 17If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;Verse 18but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.Verse 19I Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; I will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.Verse 20Yea, brother, I would have profit of thee in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.Verse 21Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.Verse 22But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.Verse 23Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;Verse 24Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.Verse 25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.