Philemon 1
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1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
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2And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
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3Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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4I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
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5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
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6That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
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7For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
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8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
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9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
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12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
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13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
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14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
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15For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
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16Not 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?
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17If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
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18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
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19I 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.
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20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
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21Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
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22But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
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23There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
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24Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
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25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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Chapter 1
Cross References
Philemon 1:1
Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Colossians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,Philemon 1:9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, a...Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and compani...1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s bui...
Philemon 1:2
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the...Romans 16:5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetu...Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and compani...Colossians 4:15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is...1 Corinthians 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lor...
Philemon 1:3
Philemon 1:4
Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoke...Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that...2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without...Philippians 1:3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Philemon 1:5
Colossians 1:4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to a...Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto a...1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that...Psalms 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my...1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churc...
Philemon 1:6
2 Peter 1:8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither b...Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in...1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be reveal...Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,...Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glori...
Philemon 1:7
2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed...2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am fil...1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we...1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the pres...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...
Philemon 1:8
1 Thessalonians 2:6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might hav...2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath gi...2 Corinthians 3:12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:1 Thessalonians 2:2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye...Ephesians 5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:...
Philemon 1:9
Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vo...2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we...Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your b...Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dea...
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Colossians 4:9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall mak...1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fath...1 Timothy 1:2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Fat...Galatians 4:19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in y...2 Samuel 19:37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city,...
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2 Timothy 4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable t...Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would...1 Peter 2:10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had n...Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dea...Matthew 25:30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping...
Philemon 1:12
Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive y...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Matthew 18:21¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against m...Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Fath...Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I...
Cross References
Philemon 1:1
Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Colossians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,Philemon 1:9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, a...Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and compani...1 Corinthians 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s bui...
Philemon 1:2
Colossians 4:17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the...Romans 16:5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetu...Philippians 2:25Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and compani...Colossians 4:15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is...1 Corinthians 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lor...
Philemon 1:3
Philemon 1:4
Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoke...Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that...2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without...Philippians 1:3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Philemon 1:5
Colossians 1:4Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to a...Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto a...1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that...Psalms 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my...1 Corinthians 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churc...
Philemon 1:6
2 Peter 1:8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither b...Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in...1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be reveal...Colossians 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,...Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glori...
Philemon 1:7
2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed...2 Corinthians 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am fil...1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we...1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the pres...3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that i...
Philemon 1:8
1 Thessalonians 2:6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might hav...2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath gi...2 Corinthians 3:12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:1 Thessalonians 2:2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye...Ephesians 5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:...
Philemon 1:9
Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vo...2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we...Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your b...Ephesians 3:1For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dea...
Philemon 1:10
Colossians 4:9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall mak...1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fath...1 Timothy 1:2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Fat...Galatians 4:19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in y...2 Samuel 19:37Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city,...
Philemon 1:11
2 Timothy 4:11Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable t...Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would...1 Peter 2:10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had n...Luke 15:32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dea...Matthew 25:30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping...
Philemon 1:12
Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive y...Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God...Matthew 18:21¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against m...Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Fath...Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I...