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Philemon Chapter 1
Philemon 1:1 (NIV)
1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,
Philemon 1:2 (NKJV)
2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Philemon 1:3 (NIV)
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon 1:4 (NIV)
4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
Philemon 1:5 (NIV)
5 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
Philemon 1:6 (NASB)
6 and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.
Philemon 1:7 (AMP)
7 For I have derived great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints [who are your fellow Christians] have been cheered and refreshed through you, [my] brother.
Philemon 1:8 (NIV)
8 Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,
Philemon 1:9 (NIV)
9 yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul–an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus–
Philemon 1:10 (NKJV)
10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,
Philemon 1:11 (AMP)
11 Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me.
Philemon 1:12 (NKJV)
12 I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
Philemon 1:13 (NKJV)
13 whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
Philemon 1:14 (NASB)
14 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 (NASB)
15 For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,
Philemon 1:16 (CJB)
16 no longer as a slave but as more than a slave, as a dear brother. And that he is, especially to me. But how much dearer he must be to you, both humanly and in union with the Lord!
Philemon 1:17 (NASB)
17 If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.
Philemon 1:18 (NASB)
18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
Philemon 1:19 (NASB)
19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
Philemon 1:20 (CJB)
20 Yes, brother, please do me this favor in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Messiah.
Philemon 1:21 (NKJV)
21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
Philemon 1:22 (NKJV)
22 But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
Philemon 1:23 (AMP)
23 Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah),
Philemon 1:24 (AMP)
24 And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Philemon 1:25 (CJB)
25 The grace of the Lord Jesus the Messiah be with your spirit.