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1:1  Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved and our co-worker,
1:2  to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house.
1:3  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4  I give thanks to my God always, remembering you in my prayers,
1:5  as I hear of the love and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the holy ones,
1:6  so that your partnership in the faith may become effective in recognizing every good there is in us that leads to Christ.
1:7  For I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed by you, brother.
1:8  Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
1:9  I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.
1:10  I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment,
1:11  who was once useless to you but is now useful to [both] you and me.
1:12  I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.
1:13  I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel,
1:14  but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary.
1:15  Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
1:16  no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord.
1:17  So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me.
1:18  And if he has done you any injustice or owes you anything, charge it to me.
1:19  I, Paul, write this in my own hand: I will pay. May I not tell you that you owe me your very self.
1:20  Yes, brother, may I profit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
1:21  With trust in your compliance I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
1:22  At the same time prepare a guest room for me, for I hope to be granted to you through your prayers.
1:23  Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
1:24  as well as Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.
1:25  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.