15GREET YOU THOSE WITH ME ALL. DO GREET THOSE LOVING US IN [THE] FAITH. <THE> GRACE [BE] WITH ALL OF YOU AMEN. TO TITUS OF THE CRETAN CHURCH FIRST OVERSEER HAVING BEEN CHOSEN IT WAS WRITTEN FROM NICOPOLIS <THE> OF MACEDONIA. 15All who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.*NoteCloseBYZ and TR include Amen.
1PAUL A PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS AND TIMOTHY <THE> [OUR] BROTHER TO PHILEMON THE BELOVED AND FELLOW WORKER OF US Greetings from Paul and Timothy (Philippians 1:1–2; Colossians 1:1–2) 1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
2AND TO APPHIA <THE> OUR SISTER AND TO ARCHIPPUS THE FELLOW SOLDIER OF US AND TO THE AT [THE] HOUSE OF YOU CHURCH: 2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your*NoteCloseYou and Your are singular throughout this letter, except in verses 3, 22, and 25. house:
3GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD FATHER OF US AND [THE] LORD JESUS CHRIST. 3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I THANK THE GOD OF MINE ALWAYS MENTION OF YOU MAKING UPON THE PRAYERS OF MINE, Philemon’s Faith and Love 4I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
5HEARING OF YOUR <THE> LOVE AND THE FAITH THAT YOU HAVE TOWARD THE LORD JESUS AND TOWARD ALL THE SAINTS, 5because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
6SO THAT THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FAITH OF YOU EFFECTIVE MAY BECOME IN [THE] ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EVERY GOOD [THING] THAT [IS] IN US IN CHRIST JESUS. 6I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
7JOY FOR GREAT I HAVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT BY OCCASION OF THE LOVE OF YOU, BECAUSE THE HEARTS OF THE SAINTS HAVE BEEN REFRESHED THROUGH YOU, BROTHER. 7I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
8THEREFORE MUCH IN CHRIST BOLDNESS HAVING TO ORDER YOU WHAT [IS] BEFITTING Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus 8So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,
9FOR THE SAKE OF <THE> LOVE RATHER I EXHORT [YOU], SUCH A ONE BEING AS PAUL AGED NOW THEN ALSO A PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS; 9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
10I EXHORT YOU FOR <THE> MY CHILD WHOM I HAVE BEGOTTEN IN THE CHAINS OF MINE ONESIMUS, 10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus,*NoteCloseOnesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20). whose father I became while I was in chains.
11<THE> ONCE TO YOU USELESS NOW HOWEVER BOTH TO YOU AND TO ME MYSELF USEFUL, 11Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
12WHOM I HAVE SENT BACK TO YOU NOW IN PERSON — WHO IS <THE> MY VERY HEART — DO YOURSELF RECEIVE. 12I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
13WHOM I MYSELF WAS WISHING WITH MYSELF TO KEEP, SO THAT ON BEHALF OF YOU ME HE MAY SERVE IN THE CHAINS OF THE GOSPEL; 13I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
14APART FROM HOWEVER <THE> YOUR CONSENT NO [THING] I WISHED TO DO, SO THAT NOT AS ACCORDING TO NECESSITY THE GOOD OF YOU MAY BE BUT ACCORDING TO WILLINGNESS. 14But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.
15PERHAPS FOR BECAUSE OF THIS HE WAS SEPARATED [FROM YOU] FOR A TIME, SO THAT ETERNALLY HIM YOU MAY POSSESS; 15For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
16NO LONGER AS A SLAVE BUT ABOVE A SLAVE, A BROTHER BELOVED, ESPECIALLY TO ME MYSELF, HOW MUCH HOWEVER MORE TO YOU BOTH IN [THE] FLESH AND IN [THE] LORD? 16no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
17IF THEREFORE ME YOU CONSIDER A PARTNER, DO YOURSELF RECEIVE HIM AS ME MYSELF. 17So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
18IF HOWEVER IN ANY WAY HE HAS WRONGED YOU OR HE OWES [YOU], THIS TO ME MYSELF DO CHARGE. 18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
19I MYSELF PAUL DID WRITE <THE> WITH MY OWN HAND, I MYSELF WILL REPAY [IT]; THAT NOT I MAY SAY TO YOU THAT EVEN YOURSELF TO ME YOU OWE ALSO. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it— not to mention that you owe me your very self.
20YES, BROTHER, I MYSELF FROM YOU I WOULD HAVE PROFIT IN [THE] LORD; DO REFRESH MY <THE> HEART IN CHRIST. 20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit*NoteCloseGreek onaimēn, a play on the name Onesimus from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
21HAVING BEEN PERSUADED OF THE OBEDIENCE OF YOU I WRITE TO YOU KNOWING THAT EVEN ABOVE WHAT [THINGS] I SAY YOU WILL DO. 21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
22AT THE SAME TIME NOW ALSO DO PREPARE FOR ME A LODGING; I HOPE FOR THAT THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF YOU I WILL BE GRANTED TO YOU. 22In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
23HE GREETS YOU EPAPHRAS <THE> FELLOW PRISONER OF MINE IN CHRIST JESUS, Additional Greetings 23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
24[AS DO] MARK, ARISTARCHUS, DEMAS, [AND] LUKE, THE FELLOW WORKERS OF MINE. 24as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25THE GRACE OF THE LORD OF US JESUS CHRIST [BE] WITH THE SPIRIT OF YOU. AMEN. TO TO PHILEMON IT WAS WRITTEN FROM ROME THROUGH ONESIMUS SERVANT. 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.*NoteCloseBYZ and TR include Amen.