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\h Philemon
\toc1 Philemon
\toc2 Phm
\toc3 Phm
\mt1 Philemon
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\s1 Greeting
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\v 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker, 
\v 2 and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house. 
\v 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
\s1 Thanksgiving and Prayer for Philemon
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\v 4 I thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers, 
\v 5 \add because I\add*\ef + \fr 1:5 \ft *Here “\add because\add*” is supplied as a component of the participle (“hear about”) which is understood as causal \ef* hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints. 
\v 6 \add I pray\add* that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge \add of\add* every good \add thing\add* that \add is\add* in us for Christ. 
\v 7 For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
\s1 Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus
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\v 8 Therefore, \add although I\add*\ef + \fr 1:8 \ft *Here “\add although\add*” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as concessive \ef* have great confidence in Christ to order you \add to do what\add* is proper, 
\v 9 instead I appeal to \add you\add* because of love, \add since I\add*\ef + \fr 1:9 \ft *Here “\add since\add*” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am”) which is understood as causal \ef* am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. 
\v 10 I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus. 
\v 11 Once he \add was\add* useless to you, but now \add he is\add* useful to you\f + \fr 1:11 \ft Some manuscripts have “both to you” \f* and to me, 
\v 12 whom I have sent back to you himself, that is, my heart, 
\v 13 whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel. 
\v 14 But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good \add deed\add* might be not as according to necessity, but according to \add your own\add* free will. 
\v 15 For perhaps because of this, he was separated \add from you\add* for a time, in order that you might have him back forever, 
\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.
\s1 Paul’s Request to Philemon
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\v 17 If therefore you consider me a partner, receive him as \add you would\add* me. 
\v 18 But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes \add you anything\add*, ⸤charge this to my account⸥\f + \fr 1:18 \ft Literally “this to me charge to \fq my \ft account” \f*. 
\v 19 I, Paul, write \add this\add* with my \add own\add* hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that ⸤you owe me even your very self besides⸥\f + \fr 1:19 \ft Literally “even yourself to me you owe besides” \f*. 
\v 20 Yes, brother, I ought to have some benefit of you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
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\v 21 Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you \add because I\add*\ef + \fr 1:21 \ft *Here “\add because\add*” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal \ef* know that you will do even beyond what I say. 
\v 22 At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
\s1 Final Greetings and Benediction
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\v 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 
\v 24 \add and so do\add* Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, \add and\add* Luke, my fellow workers. 
\v 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ \add be\add* with your spirit.