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\id PHM - Berean Study Bible
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\h Philemon
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\toc1 Philemon
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\mt1 Philemon
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\c 1
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\s1 Greetings from Paul and Timothy
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\r (Philippians 1:1–2; Colossians 1:1–2)
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\v 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
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\m To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
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\v 2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your \f + \fr 1:2 \ft You and Your are singular throughout this letter, except in verses 3, 22, and 25.\f* house:
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\v 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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\s1 Philemon’s Faith and Love
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\v 4 I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
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\v 5 because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
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\v 6 I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
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\v 7 I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
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\s1 Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus
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\v 8 So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
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\v 9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
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\v 10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus,\f + \fr 1:10 \ft Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20).\f* whose father I became while I was in chains.
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\v 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
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\v 12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
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\v 13 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
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\v 14 But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
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\v 15 For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
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\v 16 no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
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\v 17 So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
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\v 18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
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\v 19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
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\v 20 Yes, brother, let me have some benefit \f + \fr 1:20 \ft Greek onaimēn, a play on the name Onesimus\f* from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
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\v 21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
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\v 22 In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
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\s1 Additional Greetings
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\v 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
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\v 24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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\v 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.\f + \fr 1:25 \ft BYZ and TR include Amen.\f*
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