lont - Philemon:1:8-25

lont@Philemon:1:8 @ Wherefore, thought I might be bold in Christ, to enjoin you what is fit;

lont@Philemon:1:9 @ yet, for love's sake, I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul, an old man, and now, also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

lont@Philemon:1:10 @ I beseech you for my son, whom I have begot, in my bonds, even Onesimus;

lont@Philemon:1:11 @ who formerly was to you unprofitable, but now will be very profitable to you, even as he has been to me-

lont@Philemon:1:12 @ whom I have sent back: do you, therefore, receive him as an object of my tenderest affection;

lont@Philemon:1:13 @ whom I was desirous to have detained with myself, that, in your stead, he might have ministered to me, in these bonds, for the gospel:

lont@Philemon:1:14 @ but without your mind I would do nothing, that the good derived might not be as if by constraint, but as voluntary.

lont@Philemon:1:15 @ Perhaps, also, for this reason he was separated for a little while, that you might have him for ever:

lont@Philemon:1:16 @ no longer as a slave only, but above a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me-and how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

lont@Philemon:1:17 @ If, then, you hold me as a partner, receive him as myself.

lont@Philemon:1:18 @ And if he had injured you in anything, or owes you, place it to my account.

lont@Philemon:1:19 @ I, Paul, have written with my own hand-I will repay. I forbear to urge upon you, that you owe to me even your own self.

lont@Philemon:1:20 @ I beseech you brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord- gratify my tender affections for Christ's sake.

lont@Philemon:1:21 @ Having confidence in your obedience, I have written to you, knowing that you will even do more than I ask.

lont@Philemon:1:22 @ But at the same time, prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers, I shall be granted to you.

lont@Philemon:1:23 @ These salute you, Epaphras, my fellow prisoner for Christ Jesus;

lont@Philemon:1:24 @ Mark, Aristarchus; Demas, Luke, my fellow-laborers.

lont@Philemon:1:25 @ The favor of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.