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Philemon 1
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,
1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer,
2And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:
2And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house.
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,
4I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.
5Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;
5Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints:
6That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.
6That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work that is in you in Christ Jesus.
7For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
7For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.
8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,
8Wherefore, though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which is to the purpose:
9Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
9For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.
10My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,
10I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,
11Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:
11Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:
12Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
12Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.
13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:
13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel.
14But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
14But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.
15For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;
15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee that thou mightest receive him again for ever:
16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.
16Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me. But how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
17If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.
17If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.
18If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.
18And if he hath wronged thee in any thing or is in thy debt, put that to my account.
19I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.
19I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee that thou owest me thy own self also.
20So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
20Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord! Refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.
21Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
22But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23Epaphras, my brother-prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his love;
23There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus: