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Philemon 16

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16wno longer as a bondservant3 but more than a bondservant, as xa beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, yboth in the flesh and in the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 3For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see twice in this verse

Cross references

  1. wSee 1 Cor. 7:22
  2. xMatt. 23:8; Col. 4:9; 1 Tim. 6:2
  3. yCol. 3:22, 23; [Eph. 6:5]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

He is no longer like a slave to you. He is more than a slave, for he is a beloved brother, especially to me. Now he will mean much more to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

KJV 1900King James Version

not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?