# Philemon

Corpus: World English Bible
Language: English
Script: Latin
Edition: World English Bible, 2020 stable text edition
Source: https://ebible.org/eng-web/index.htm
License: https://ebible.org/eng-web/copyright.htm

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](/texts/bible/en/web/philemon/001.md) (25 verses)

## Chapter 1

### Verse 1

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

### Verse 2

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

### Verse 3

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

### Verse 4

I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

### Verse 5

hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

### Verse 6

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

### Verse 7

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

### Verse 8

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

### Verse 9

yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

### Verse 10

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,

### Verse 11

who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

### Verse 12

I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

### Verse 13

whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

### Verse 14

But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

### Verse 15

For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,

### Verse 16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

### Verse 17

If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

### Verse 18

But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.

### Verse 19

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

### Verse 20

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

### Verse 21

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

### Verse 22

Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

### Verse 23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

### Verse 24

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

### Verse 25

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.