web - Philemon:1:8-25

web@Philemon:1:8 @Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

web@Philemon:1:9 @yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

web@Philemon:1:10 @I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus, {Onesimus means "useful."}

web@Philemon:1:11 @who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

web@Philemon:1:12 @I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

web@Philemon:1:13 @whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

web@Philemon:1:14 @But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

web@Philemon:1:15 @For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

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

web@Philemon:1:17 @If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

web@Philemon:1:18 @But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

web@Philemon:1:19 @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).

web@Philemon:1:20 @Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

web@Philemon:1:21 @Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

web@Philemon:1:22 @Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

web@Philemon:1:23 @Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

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

web@Philemon:1:25 @The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.