¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker, ²and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house: ³Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ! ⁴I give thanks to my God, always making mention of thee in my prayers, ⁵hearing of thy love and faith that thou hast unto the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, ⁶that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that is in you toward Christ Jesus; ⁷for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

⁸Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit— ⁹because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ; ¹⁰I entreat thee concerning my child—whom I did beget in my bonds—Onesimus, ¹¹who once was to thee unprofitable, and now is profitable to me and to thee,

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Philemon 6: … I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.

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