Philemon 8–23
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Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus
8Therefore, although I* have great confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper, 9instead I appeal to you because of love, since I* am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. 10I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus. 11Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful to youa and to me, 12whom I have sent back to you himself, that is, my heart, 13whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel. 14But apart from your consent, I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good deed might be not as according to necessity, but according to your own free will. 15For perhaps because of this, he was separated from you for a time, in order that you might have him back forever, 16no 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.
Paul’s Request to Philemon
17If therefore you consider me a partner, receive him as you would me. 18But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes you anything, charge this to my accountb. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will pay it back, lest I mention to you that you owe me even your very self besidesc. 20Yes, brother, I ought to have some benefit of you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.
21Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I* know that you will do even beyond what I say. 22At the same time also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
Final Greetings and Benediction
23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
Footnotes
- *Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as concessive
- *Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am”) which is understood as causal
- aSome manuscripts have “both to you”
- bLiterally “this to me charge to my account”
- cLiterally “even yourself to me you owe besides”
- *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal
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