Philemon:1:8-25
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Wherefore ,
though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaunde thee that which is conuenient ,
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I beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus ,
whome I haue begotten in my bondes ,
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Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable ,
but nowe profitable both to thee and to me ,
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Whom I have sent again :
thou therefore receive him ,
that is ,
mine own (
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As my own son ,
and as if I had begotten him from my own body .(:
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bowels :
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Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee ,
that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel .
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But without thy mind would I do nothing ;
that thy benefit should not be as it were of (
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That you might not seem to have lent me your servant on constraint ,
but willingly .(:
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necessity ,
but willingly .
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For perhaps he therefore (
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He uses a more gentle type of speech ,
but in reality ,
he ran away .(:
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departed for For a little time .
a season ,
that thou shouldest receive him for ever ;
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Not now as a servant ,
but above a servant ,
a brother beloved ,
specially to me ,
but how much more unto thee ,
both in the (
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Because he is your servant ,
as other servants are ,
and because he is the Lord '
s servant ,
you must love him both for the Lord '
s sake and for your own sake .(:
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flesh ,
and in the Lord ?
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If therefore thou count our thinges common ,
receiue him as my selfe .
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If he hath hurt thee ,
or oweth thee ought ,
that put on mine accounts .
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I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande :
I will recompense it ,
albeit I doe not say to thee ,
that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe .
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Trusting in thine obedience ,
I wrote vnto thee ,
knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say .
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Moreouer also prepare mee lodging :
for I trust through your prayers I shall be freely giuen vnto you .
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There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christ Iesus ,
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Marcus ,
Aristarchus ,
Demas and Luke ,
my felowe helpers .
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The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your spirit ,
Amen .
Written from Rome to Philemon ,
and sent by Onesimus a seruant .
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