Philemon 1:1 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 <\/sup>Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:2 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 <\/sup>to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:3 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 <\/sup>Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:4 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 <\/sup>I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:5 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 <\/sup>because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:6 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 <\/sup>and I pray<\/em> that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:7 (AMP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 <\/sup>For I have derived great joy and comfort and<\/em> encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints [who are your fellow Christians] have been cheered and<\/em> refreshed through you, [my] brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:8 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 <\/sup>Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:9 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 <\/sup>yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul\u2013an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:10 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 <\/sup>I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while<\/em> in my chains,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:11 (AMP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11 <\/sup>Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:12 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 <\/sup>I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:13 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 13 <\/sup>whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:14 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 14 <\/sup>but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:15 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 15 <\/sup>For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you<\/em> for a while, that you would have him back forever,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:16 (CJB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 16 <\/sup>no longer as a slave but as more than a slave, as a dear brother. And that he is, especially to me. But how much dearer he must be to you, both humanly and in union with the Lord!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:17 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 17 <\/sup>If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would<\/em> me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:18 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 18 <\/sup>But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:19 (NASB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 19 <\/sup>I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:20 (CJB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 20 <\/sup>Yes, brother, please do me this favor in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:21 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 21 <\/sup>Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:22 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 22 <\/sup>But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:23 (AMP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 23 <\/sup>Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah),<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:24 (AMP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 24 <\/sup>And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philemon 1:25 (CJB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 25 <\/sup>The grace of the Lord Jesus the Messiah be with your spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 7K-Philemon Philemon Chapter 1 Philemon 1:1 (NIV) 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, Philemon 1:2 (NKJV) 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Philemon 1:3 (NIV) 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3581,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3580\/revisions\/3581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmi2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}