GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:57urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:57Paul , prisoner of Christ Jesus , and Timotheus the brother , to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman , and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier , and to the assembly which [ is ] in thine house . Grace to you and peace from God our Father , and [ the ] Lord Jesus Christ . I thank my God , always making mention of thee at my prayers , hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus , and towards all the saints , in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [ Jesus ] . For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love , because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee , brother . Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting , for love's sake I rather exhort , being such a one as Paul the aged , and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ . I exhort thee for * my * child , whom I have begotten in [ my ] bonds , Onesimus , once unserviceable to thee , but now serviceable to thee and to me : whom I have sent back to thee : [ but do * thou * receive ] him , that is , * my * bowels : whom * I * was desirous of keeping with myself , that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings ; but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind , that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness : for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [ from thee ] for a time , that thou mightest possess him fully for ever ; not any longer as a bondman , but above a bondman , a beloved brother , specially to me , and how much rather to thee , both in [ the ] flesh and in [ the ] Lord ? If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [ with thee ] , receive him as me ; but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [ to thee ] , put this to my account . * I * Paul have written [ it ] with mine own hand ; * I * will repay [ it ] : that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me . Yea , brother , * I * would have profit of * thee * in [ the ] Lord : refresh my bowels in Christ . Being confident of thine obedience , I have written to thee , knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say . But withal prepare me also a lodging ; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers . Epaphras salutes thee , my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus ; Mark , Aristarchus , Demas , Luke , my fellow-workmen . The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [ be ] with your spirit .