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1:1  Paul, a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow worker.
1:2  To Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the community that meets in your house:
1:3  Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Messiah Yeshua!
1:4  I thank my God always when mentioning you in my prayers,
1:5  hearing of your love and the trust you have toward the Lord Yeshua and all the kedoshim.
1:6  May the fellowship of your faith become effective, with the recognition of all the good that is ours in Messiah.
1:7  For I’ve received much joy and comfort in your love, brother, because the hearts of the kedoshim have been refreshed through you.
1:8  Therefore, though I have plenty of boldness in Messiah to order you to do what’s right,
1:9  yet for love’s sake I appeal to you instead. I, Paul, am an old man and now also a prisoner belonging to Messiah Yeshua.
1:10  I beg you for my child Onesimus—for whom I became a spiritual father while in chains.
1:11  He once was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and me.
1:12  I sent him back to you—he is my very heart.
1:13  I really wanted to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he might serve me while I am in chains for the Good News.
1:14  But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness wouldn’t be by force but by free will.
1:15  For perhaps he was separated from you for a while in order that you might have him back forever,
1:16  no longer as a slave but more than a slave—as a beloved brother, especially to me but even more so to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
1:17  So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
1:18  But if he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
1:19  I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay. (Not to mention that you owe me your very self.)
1:20  Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Messiah.
1:21  Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than what I say.
1:22  At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me—for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.
1:23  Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Messiah Yeshua, greets you.
1:24  So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
1:25  May the grace of our Lord Messiah Yeshua be with your spirit. Amen.