^1:1From Paul,¹ a prisoner of Christ Jesus,² and Timothy our³ brother, to Philemon, our dear friend⁴ and colaborer, ^1:2to Apphia⁵ our sister,⁶ to Archippus our⁷ fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

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Footnotes

1 Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
2 The phrase a prisoner of Christ Jesus implies that Paul was being held prisoner because of his testimony for Christ Jesus. Paul’s imprisonment was due to his service to Christ, in the same manner as John was exiled to the Isle of Patmos because of his testimony (Rev 1:9).
3 “our” is not present in the Greek text, but was supplied to bring out the sense in English.
4 Grk “dear.” The adjective is functioning as a substantive; i.e., “dear one” or “dear friend.”
5 Apphia is thought to be the wife of Philemon.
6 Most witnesses (D2 Ψ 𝔐) here read τῇ ἀγαπητῇ (tē agapētē, “beloved, dear”), a reading that appears to have been motivated by the masculine form of the same adjective in v. 1. Further, the earliest and best witnesses, along with a few others (א A D* F G I P 048 0278 33 81 104 1739 1881 ), have ἀδελφῇ (adelphē, “sister”). Thus on internal and external grounds, ἀδελφῇ is the strongly preferred reading.
7 Though the term “our” does not appear in the Greek text it is inserted to bring out the sense of the passage.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker—also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother:

To Philemon our dear friend and coworker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.

NLTNew Living Translation

This letter is from Paul, a prisoner for preaching the Good News about Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy.

I am writing to Philemon, our beloved co-worker, and to our sister Apphia, and to our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the church that meets in your house.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.

KJV 1900King James Version

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

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