Philemon 1–11

¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer,

²And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house.

³Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.

⁵Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints:

⁶That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work that is in you in Christ Jesus.

⁷For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

⁸Wherefore, though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which is to the purpose:

⁹For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

¹¹Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee: