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Salutation
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|Filemom 1:1|Paul, a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), and our brother Timothy,
To Philemon our dearly beloved friend and fellow worker,
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|Filemom 1:2| and to[your wife] Apphia our sister, and to1 Archippus our fellow soldier[in ministry] , and to the2 church that meets in your3 house:
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|Filemom 1:3| Grace to you and peace[inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Philemon's Love and Faith
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|Filemom 1:4| I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
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|Filemom 1:5| because I hear of your love and of your faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the4 saints (God's people).
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|Filemom 1:6| I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective and powerful because of your accurate knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ.
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|Filemom 1:7| For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God's people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.
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|Filemom 1:8| Therefore[on the basis of these facts] , though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is appropriate,
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|Filemom 1:9| yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner[for the sake] of Christ Jesus—
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A Plea for Onesimus to be Freed
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|Filemom 1:10| I appeal to you for my[own spiritual] child Onesimus, whom I have fathered[in the faith] while a captive in these chains.
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