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[1] Paul, a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

[2] to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

[3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

[4] I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

[5] hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Yeshua, and toward all the holy ones,

[6] that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Messiah Yeshua.

[7] For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed through you, brother.

[8] Therefore though I have all boldness in Messiah to command you that which is appropriate,

[9] yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Yeshua the Messiah.

[10] I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

[11] who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

[12] I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

[13] whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

[14] But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

[15] For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

[16] no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

[17] If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

[18] But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.

[19] I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

[20] Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

[21] Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.

[22] Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

[23] Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Messiah Yeshua, greets you,

[24] as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

[25] The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with your spirit. Amen.