orthjbc - Philemon:1

orthjbc@Philemon:1:1 @ Sha'ul, a prisoner of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua and Timotiyos acheinu [(note:)our(:note) brother]. To Philemon ha'ahuv the beloved and our fellow po'el worker

orthjbc@Philemon:1:2 @ and to Apphia achoteinu (note:)our sister(:note) and to Archippus our chaver leneshek comrade-in-arms and to the kehillah in your house.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:3 @ Chesed Hashem and shalom Hashem to you from Elohim Avinu and from Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua. THE AHAVAH AND EMUNAH OF PHILEMON

orthjbc@Philemon:1:4 @ I always offer a berucha to my G-d when I mention you in my tefillos (note:)prayers(:note),

orthjbc@Philemon:1:5 @ because I hear of your ahavah (note:)agap(:note) and emunah, which you have for Yehoshua Adoneinu and for all the kedoshim.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:6 @

orthjbc@Philemon:1:7 @ For I had simcha gedolah (note:)much joy(:note) and chizuk encouragement because of your ahavah, for the hearts of the kedoshim have been refreshed through you, ach b'Moshiach. AN APPEAL FOR ONESIMUS; RAV SHA'UL PREFERS NOT TO MECHAYEV COMPEL HIM TO DO WHAT IS HIS CHOVAH MUSARIT

orthjbc@Philemon:1:8 @ Therefore, though I have much boldness in Moshiach that I could in fact order you to do your chovah musarit (note:)moral duty(:note) of avodas hakodesh holy service,

orthjbc@Philemon:1:9 @ yet I would rather make an appeal on the mekor (note:)basis(:note) of ahavah agape--I, Sha'ul, the Zaken Elder but also a prisoner of Moshiach Yehoshua. ON BEING A "USEFUL" KELI KODESH MINISTER

orthjbc@Philemon:1:10 @ I appeal to you concerning beni, having "fathered" him (note:)to a new birth(:note) while in bais hasohar prison--that is, Onesimus trans. note: means "Useful"

orthjbc@Philemon:1:11 @ --the one once "Useless" to you, but, now, both to you and to me--"Useful."

orthjbc@Philemon:1:12 @ I am sending him who is my very lev (note:)heart(:note) back to you.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:13 @ I was wanting to detain him with me, in order that he might function as a keli kodesh (note:)minister(:note), ministering to me in your place, as your murshe proxy, while I'm detained in the imprisonment of the Besuras HaGeulah.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:14 @ But I wanted to do nothing without your haskamah (note:)consent(:note), in order that the mitzva you do might not be meshabed caused to be obligated or forced but voluntary.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:15 @ Eppes (note:)perhaps(:note) he was separated from you for a while in order that you might have him back for Yamim haOlam,

orthjbc@Philemon:1:16 @ no longer as a bond-servant, but, more than a bond-servant, an ach ahuv (note:)a beloved brother(:note), especially to me, and how much more to you, both in the flesh and in Adoneinu.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:17 @ So if you consider me a chaver (note:)partner(:note), receive him as you would me.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:18 @ But if in anything he wronged you or owes you, charge this to my account.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:19 @ I, Sha'ul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay. This is not to merken (note:)draw attention(:note) to the fact that you owe me your very neshamah.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:20 @ Yes, ach baMoshiach, I would have some "usefulness" from you in Adoneinu. Refresh my lev in Moshiach.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:21 @ Confident of you as one who is shomer mitzvot, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even above what I say.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:22 @ Also, this too, prepare a heimishe mekom linah (note:)guest room, lodging place(:note) for me, for I have the tikvah hope that through your tefillos I will be restored to you. SHALOM GREETINGS FROM SOME OF THE INSPIRED AUTHORS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BRIT CHADASHA AND ALSO GREETINGS FROM OTHER KLEI KODESH MINISTERS

orthjbc@Philemon:1:23 @ Epaphras, my co-prisoner in Moshiach Yehoshua, sends "Shalom" greetings to you.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:24 @ And Markos, Aristarchus, Demas, and Lukas, my fellow po'alim (note:)workers(:note), do as well.

orthjbc@Philemon:1:25 @ The Chesed Hashem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua be with your neshamah.