The
pistel off S. Paul unto Philemon
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- Paul the prisoner of Jesu Christ, and brother Timotheus. Unto Philemon the beloved, and our helper,
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- and to the beloved Appia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation of thy house.
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- Grace be with you and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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- I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers,
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- when|for so much as| I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesu, and toward all saints:
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- so that the fellowship that thou hast in the faith is fruitful thorow knowledge of all good things,{worke} which are in you by Jesus Christ.
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- And we have great joy (thankfulness) and consolation over thy love: For by thee brother, the saints' hearts are comforted.|the saints are heartily refreshed|
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- Wherefore though I be bold|I have great boldness| in Christ to enjoin|command| thee, that which becometh thee:
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- yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee,|beseek ye| though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Jesu Christ's{Iesu Christes} sake.
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- I beseech|beseek| thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat|have begotten| in my bonds,
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- which in time passed was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,
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- whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own bowels,
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- whom I would fain have retained|For I would have kept him still| with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.{gospell}
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- Nevertheless, without thy mind, would I do nothing, that that|yt| good which springeth of thee should not be as it were of necessity,|which thou doest, should not be of compulsion| but willingly.
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- Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever,
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- not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean|even| a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?
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- If thou count me a fellow,|hold me for thy companion| receive him|him than even| as myself.
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- If he have hurt thee or oweth thee ought, that lay to my charge.
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- I Paul have written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to thee how that thou owest unto me even thine own self.
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- Even so brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my bowels|refresh thou my heart| in the Lord.
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- Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say for.
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- Moreover prepare me lodging: for I trust|hope that| thorow the help of your prayers, I shall be given unto you.
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- There salute thee, Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christe Jesu;
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- Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my helpers.
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- The grace of our Lord Jesu Christ be with your spirits, Amen.
This ends the epistle off saint Paul the Apostle to Philemon,
Sent from Rome by Onesimus a servant.