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| | Phm 1:1 | Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer;
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| | Phm 1:2 | And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house:
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| | Phm 1:3 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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| | Phm 1:4 | I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.
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| | Phm 1:5 | Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints:
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| | Phm 1:6 | That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work, that is in you in Christ Jesus.
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| | Phm 1:7 | For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.
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| | Phm 1:8 | Wherefore though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus, to command thee that which is to the purpose:
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| | Phm 1:9 | For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul an old man, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.
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| | Phm 1:10 | I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,
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| | Phm 1:11 | Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,
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| | Phm 1:12 | Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.
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| | Phm 1:13 | Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel:
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| | Phm 1:14 | But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.
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| | Phm 1:15 | For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:
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| | Phm 1:16 | Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord?
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| | Phm 1:17 | If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.
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| | Phm 1:18 | And if he hath wronged thee in any thing, or is in thy debt, put that to my account.
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| | Phm 1:19 | I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also.
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| | Phm 1:20 | Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.
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| | Phm 1:21 | Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
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| | Phm 1:22 | But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
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| | Phm 1:23 | There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;
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| | Phm 1:24 | Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke my fellow labourers.
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| | Phm 1:25 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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