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Philemon 1 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Philemon’s Love and Faith

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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy [fn]our brother,

To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - and to Apphia [fn]our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:3 - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:5 - because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the [fn]saints;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:6 - and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective [fn]through the full knowledge of every good thing which is in you [fn]for the sake of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:7 - For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the [fn]hearts of the [fn]saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

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Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command you to do what is proper,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:9 - yet for love’s sake I rather plead with you—since I am such a person as Paul, [fn]the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—

Plea for Onesimus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:10 - I plead with you for my child [fn]Onesimus, of whom I became a [fn]father in my chains,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:11 - who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:12 - I have sent him back to you in person, that is, my very heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I intended to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:14 - but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but voluntary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:15 - For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:16 - no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would accept me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18 - But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:19 - I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to [fn]mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:20 - Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ!

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Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.

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And at the same time also prepare me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.

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Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:24 - as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.

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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.[fn]

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Philemon Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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