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The Epistle of Saint Paul to Philemon
Chapter 1
He commends the faith and charity of Philemon; and sends back to him his fugitive servant, whom he had converted in prison.
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer, |
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And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house. |
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Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers. |
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Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints: |
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That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work that is in you in Christ Jesus. |
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For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother. |
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Wherefore, though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which is to the purpose: |
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For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ. |
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I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus, |
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Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee: |
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Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels. |
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Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel. |
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But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary. |
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For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee that thou mightest receive him again for ever: |
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Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me. But how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord? |
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If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself. |
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And if he hath wronged thee in any thing or is in thy debt, put that to my account. |
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I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee that thou owest me thy own self also. |
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Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord! Refresh my bowels in the Lord. |
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Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. |
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But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. |
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There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus: |
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Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers. |
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. |
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