Translation of the New Testament
from the Original Greek
1902 by William Godbey

Philemon Chapter 1

Phm 1:1 Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy, to Philemon the beloved also our fellow-laborer,
Phm 1:2 and to sister Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church in your house.
Phm 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Phm 1:4 I give thanks to my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
Phm 1:5 hearing about your divine love, and the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and all the saints;
Phm 1:6 in order that the fellowship of your faith may be efficient in the perfect knowledge of every good thing which is in you toward Christ.
Phm 1:7 For I had much joy and consolation over your divine love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed by you, O brother.
Phm 1:8 Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you to that which is appropriate,
Phm 1:9 on account of the divine love, I the more exhort you, being such as Paul the aged, and now also the prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Phm 1:10 I exhort you concerning my son, whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus,
Phm 1:11 him at one time unprofitable to you, but now profitable both to you and to me: whom I have sent back to you,
Phm 1:12 him, that is my own heart.
Phm 1:13 Whom I did wish to have with me, in order that he might minister unto me in your stead in the bonds of the gospel:
Phm 1:14 but without your consent I did not wish to do anything; in order that your good might not be by constraint, but by the free will:
Phm 1:15 for on this account he suddenly departed from you for an hour, that you might have him back forever;
Phm 1:16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a brother beloved, especially to me, and much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord:
Phm 1:17 if then you have me a comrade, receive him as myself.
Phm 1:18 If he has wronged you as to anything, or owes you anything, charge this to me.
Phm 1:19 I Paul have written with my own hand, I will pay it: not that I may say to you that you even owe yourself to me.
Phm 1:20 Yea, brother, let me rejoice over you in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
Phm 1:21 Having confidence in your obedience I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than those things which I say.
Phm 1:22 And at the same time also prepare for me a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I will be consigned unto you.
Phm 1:23 Epaphras, my fellow-soldier in Christ Jesus;
Phm 1:24 Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers, salute you.
Phm 1:25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.