Philemon 1 1-16

  03/07 ~ From New Testament Letters

  🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)

         Paul’s Letter To Philemon               

1 - Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

     To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church that meets in your house:

     3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! 4 I am always thankful to God for you and I remember you in my prayers. 5 For I hear of the faith you have toward the Lord Jesus, and your love for all the belivers, 6 and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective, and of the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. 7 For I have felt much joy and comfort, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

     8 Yet also I am asking a great favor of you. 9 I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back to you. But from my heart, 13 I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, 14 but I prefer to do nothing without your consent and only if you fully agree in generosity. 15 For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back, as a brother, forever. 16 No longer as indentured {a money or land borrowing system} but now as a beloved brother, especially to me. And how much more to you, both naturally and in the Lord..

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Tomorrows verses - Philemon 1:17-25

My own studies. Verses paraphrased.