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T H E E P I S T L E O F PA U L T O

P H I L E M O N

CHAPTER 11 Paul , a prisoner of Jesus

Christ, and Timothy our broth-er, to Philemon, our dearhelper in the faith,2 And to Apphia, our sister,

and to Archippus, our brotherin Gods army, and to thechurch in your house:3 Grace to you and peace

from God our Father and the

Lord Jesus Christ.4 I give praise to God at al l

t imes and make prayer foryou,5 Hearing of the love and the

faith which you have to theLord Jesus and to all thesaints;6 That the faith which you

have in common with themmay be working with power,in the knowledge of everygood thing in you, for Christ.7 For I had great joy and

comfort in your love, becausethe hearts of the saints havebeen made strong againthrough you, brother.8 And so, though I might, in

the name of Christ, give youorders to do what is right,9 Sti ll , because of love, in

place of an order, I make a re-quest to you, I , Paul , an oldman and now a prisoner o f Christ Jesus:10 My request is for my child

Onesimus, the chi ld o f mychains,

11 Who in the past was of noprofi t to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:12 Whom I have sent back to

you, him who is my veryheart:13 Though my desire was to

keep him with me, to be myservant in the chains of thegood news, in your place:14 But without your approval

I would do nothing; so thatyour good works might not beforced, but done freely fromyour heart.15 For it is possible that for

th is reason he was partedfrom you for a t ime, so thatyou might have him for ever;16 No longer as a servant,

but more than a servant , abrother, very dear to me spe-cially, but much more to you,in the flesh as well as in theLord.17 If then you take me to be

your friend and brother, takehim in as myself.18 I f he has done you any

wrong or is in debt to you foranything, put it to my ac-count.19 I , Paul, writ ing this my-

self, say, I will make paymentto you: and I do not say toyou that you are in debt tome even for your life.20 So brother, let me have

joy of you in the Lord: givenew life to my heart in Christ.

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21 Being certain that you willdo my desire, I am writing toyou, in the knowledge thatyou wil l do even more than Isay.

22 And make a room readyfor me; for I am hoping thatthrough your prayers I will begiven to you.23 Epaphras, my brother-

prisoner in Christ Jesus, sendsyou his love;24 And so do Mark,

Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke,my brother-workers.25 The grace of our Lord Je-

sus Christ be with your spirit.So be it.

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