| 1 | Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker, | Phm 1:9 Eph 3:1 Eph 4:1 Eph 6:20 2Ti 1:8 |
| 2 | to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: | Col 4:17 |
| 3 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Ro 1:7 2Co 13:14 Eph 1:2 |
| 4 | I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, | Ro 1:8 Eph 1:16 Php 1:3 Col 1:3 1Th 1:2 2Th 1:3 2Ti 1:3 |
| 5 | hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints; | Ga 5:6 Eph 1:15 Col 1:4 |
| 6 | that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us, in Christ Jesus. | 2Co 9:12-14 Php 1:9-11 Tit 3:14 Heb 6:10 Jm 2:14 Jm 2:17 |
| 7 | For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. | 1Th 1:3 1Th 2:13 1Th 2:19 1Th 3:9 2Jn 1:4 3Jn 1:3-6 |
| 8 | Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate, | 2Co 3:12 2Co 10:1 2Co 10:2 2Co 11:21 1Th 2:2 1Th 2:6 |
| 9 | yet for love`s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus. | Ro 12:1 2Co 5:20 2Co 6:1 Eph 4:1 Heb 13:19 1Pe 2:11 |
| 10 | I beg you for my child, whom I have fathered in my bonds, Onesimus, | 2Sa 9:1-7 2Sa 18:5 2Sa 19:37 2Sa 19:38 Mk 9:17 1Ti 1:2 Tit 1:4 |
| 11 | who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me; | Jb 30:1 Jb 30:2 Mt 25:30 Lk 17:10 Ro 3:12 1Pe 2:10 |
| 12 | I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, | Mt 6:14 Mt 6:15 Mt 18:21-35 Mk 11:25 Eph 4:32 |
| 13 | whom I wanted to keep with me, that in your behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel. | 1Co 16:17 Php 2:30 |
| 14 | But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will. | Phm 1:8 Phm 1:9 2Co 1:24 1Pe 5:3 |
| 15 | For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever, | Gn 45:5-8 Gn 50:20 Ps 76:10 Isa 20:6 Ac 4:28 |
| 16 | no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, specially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. | Mt 23:8 Ac 9:17 Ga 4:28 Ga 4:29 1Ti 6:2 Heb 3:1 1Pe 1:22 1Pe 1:23 1Jn 5:1 |
| 17 | If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me. | Ac 16:15 2Co 8:23 Eph 3:6 Php 1:7 1Ti 6:2 Heb 3:1 Heb 3:14 Jm 2:5 1Pe 5:1 1Jn 1:3 |
| 18 | But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account. | Isa 53:4-7 |
| 19 | I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides). | 1Co 16:21 1Co 16:22 Ga 5:2 Ga 6:11 |
| 20 | Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord. | 2Co 2:2 2Co 7:4-7 2Co 7:13-7 Php 2:2 Php 4:1 1Th 2:19 1Th 2:20 1Th 3:7-9 Heb 13:17 3Jn 1:4 |
| 21 | Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say. | 2Co 2:3 2Co 7:16 2Co 8:22 Ga 5:10 2Th 3:4 |
| 22 | Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. | Ac 28:23 |
| 23 | Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, | Col 1:7 Col 4:12 |
| 24 | as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. | Ac 12:12 Ac 12:25 Ac 13:13 Ac 15:37-39 Col 4:10 2Ti 4:11 |
| 25 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. | Ro 16:20 Ro 16:24 |
