\id PHM - English Majority Text Version 
\h Philemon 
\toc1 The Epistle Of Paul to Philemon 
\toc2 Philemon 
\toc3 Phm 
\mt1 The Epistle Of Paul to Philemon  
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\s1 Greeting  
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\v 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,  
\p To Philemon our beloved and fellow worker,  
\v 2 to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house:   
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\v 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   
\s1 Philemon's Love and Faith  
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\v 4 I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers,  
\v 5 hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,  
\v 6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective in full knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.  
\v 7 For we have much thanksgiving and encouragement over your love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.   
\s1 Paul's Plea for Onesimus  
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\v 8 Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you what is fitting,  
\v 9 rather on account of love I appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the elder, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—  
\v 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment,  
\v 11 who formerly was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable both to you and to me,  
\v 12 whom I am sending back. You therefore receive him, that is, my very heart;  
\v 13 whom I wished to keep with myself, in order that on your behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the gospel.  
\v 14 But I wished to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good might not be by necessity, but rather voluntary.   
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\v 15 For perhaps he was taken away for a time on account of this, in order that you might keep him eternally,  
\v 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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\v 17 If then you count me as a partner, receive him as \add you would\add* me.  
\v 18 But if he has wronged you or owes \add anything\add*, charge this to me.  
\v 19 I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay—not to mention that you owe me even your own self!  
\v 20 Yes, brother, may I have profit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.   
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\v 21 Having been persuaded of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.  
\v 22 But meanwhile, also prepare for me a guestroom, for I hope that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.   
\s1 Final Greetings  
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\v 23 Epaphras, my fellow captive in Christ Jesus, greets you,  
\v 24 \add as do\add* Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.   
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\v 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.