tcent - Philemon:1:8-25

tcent@Philemon:1:8 @ Therefore, though I am bold enough in Christ to order you to do what is proper,

tcent@Philemon:1:9 @ yet for love's sake I rather appeal to yousince I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus

tcent@Philemon:1:10 @ I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

tcent@Philemon:1:11 @ Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

tcent@Philemon:1:12 @ I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

tcent@Philemon:1:13 @ I would have been glad to keep him with me, so that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;

tcent@Philemon:1:14 @ but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

tcent@Philemon:1:15 @ Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever,

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

tcent@Philemon:1:17 @ So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

tcent@Philemon:1:18 @ If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

tcent@Philemon:1:19 @ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will pay it backnot to mention that you owe me even your own self.

tcent@Philemon:1:20 @ Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

tcent@Philemon:1:21 @ Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

tcent@Philemon:1:22 @ At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope through your prayers to be granted to you.

tcent@Philemon:1:23 @ Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

tcent@Philemon:1:24 @ and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

tcent@Philemon:1:25 @ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.