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Philemon 1
Philemon 1:4-16
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Philemon's Love and Faith
4
1
I
thank
my
God
always
,
making
mention
of you in my
prayers
,
5
because I
2
hear
of your
love
and of the
faith
which
you
have
toward
the
Lord
Jesus
and
toward
all
the
[a]
saints
;
6
and I pray that the
fellowship
of your
faith
may
become
effective
[b]
through
the
3
knowledge
of
every
good
thing
which is in you
[c]
for
Christ's
sake
.
7
For I have come to
have
much
4
joy
and
comfort
in your
love
,
because
the
[d]
hearts
of the
[e]
saints
have been
5
refreshed
through
you,
brother
.
8
Therefore
,
6
though I
have
[f]
enough
confidence
in
Christ
to
order
you to do
what
is
7
proper
,
9
yet for
love's
sake
I
rather
8
appeal
to you-since I
am
such
a
person
as
Paul
,
[g]
the
9
aged
, and
now
also
10
a
prisoner
of
11
Christ
Jesus
-
Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man
10
I
12
appeal
to you for my
13
child
[h]
14
Onesimus
,
whom
I have
begotten
in my
[i]
imprisonment
,
11
who
formerly
was
useless
to you, but
now
is
useful
both
to you and to me.
12
I have
sent
him
back
to you in
person
, that is, sending my very
heart
,
13
whom
I
wished
to
keep
with me,
so
that on your
behalf
he might
minister
to me in my
[j]
15
imprisonment
for the
gospel
;
14
but
without
your
consent
I did not
want
to
do
anything
,
so
that your
goodness
would
16
not be, in
effect
, by
compulsion
but of your own
free
will
.
15
For
perhaps
17
he was for
this
reason
separated
from you for a
while
, that you would
have
him
back
forever
,
16
18
no
longer
as a
slave
, but
more
than
a
slave
,
19
a
beloved
brother
,
especially
to me, but
how
much
more
to you,
both
20
in the
flesh
and in the
Lord
.
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Cross References
20
1.
Romans 1:8
2.
Ephesians 1:15
;
Colossians 1:4
;
1 Thessalonians 3:6
3.
Philippians 1:9
;
Colossians 1:9
;
Colossians 3:10
4.
2 Corinthians 7:4, 13
5.
1 Corinthians 16:18
;
Philemon 20
6.
2 Corinthians 3:12
;
1 Thessalonians 2:6
7.
Ephesians 5:4
8.
Romans 12:1
9.
Titus 2:2
10.
Philemon 1
11.
Galatians 3:26
;
1 Timothy 1:12
;
Philemon 23
12.
Romans 12:1
13.
1 Corinthians 4:14
14.
Colossians 4:9
15.
Philippians 1:7
;
Philemon 10
16.
2 Corinthians 9:7
;
1 Peter 5:2
17.
Genesis 45:5, 8
18.
1 Corinthians 7:22
19.
Matthew 23:8
;
1 Timothy 6:2
20.
Ephesians 6:5
;
Colossians 3:22
Footnotes
10
[a].
Or "holy ones"
[b].
Or "in"
[c].
Lit "toward Christ"
[d].
Lit "inward parts"
[e].
Or "holy ones"
[f].
Lit "much"
[g].
Or "an ambassador"
[h].
I.e. useful
[i].
Lit "bonds"
[j].
Lit "bonds"
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