THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO<\/p>\n
PHILEMON<\/p>\n
Philemon 1<\/p>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer, 2<\/sup> And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in thy house: 3<\/sup> Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n Thanksgiving and Prayer<\/em><\/p>\n 4<\/sup> I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5<\/sup> Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6<\/sup> That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7<\/sup> For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.<\/p>\n Paul’s\u00a0request\u00a0to Philemon\u00a0that he receive back his\u00a0disobedient servant Onesimus 8<\/sup> Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9<\/sup> Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. 10<\/sup> I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11<\/sup> Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12<\/sup> Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13<\/sup> Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14<\/sup> But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15<\/sup> For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16<\/sup> Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 17<\/sup> If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18<\/sup> If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 19<\/sup> I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20<\/sup> Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21<\/sup> Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.<\/p>\n Paul’s expresses\u00a0a hope to visit Philemon<\/em><\/p>\n 22<\/sup> But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. 23<\/sup> There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus; 24<\/sup> Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow labourers. 25<\/sup> The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO PHILEMON Philemon 1 Introduction Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer, 2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in thy house: 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kjv-bible-with-verse-headings","tag-new-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-jesus-realm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nas a Brother in Christ<\/em><\/p>\n