Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
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12I have sent him(who is my very heart) back to you.
13I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.
14However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.
15For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,
16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.
17Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.
18Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me.
20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
21Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.
22At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.
11Final Instructions and Benediction See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand!
17I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.
13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!
14Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
8I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!
9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
21I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand.
34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
9I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love– I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus–
9For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.
10If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him– for indeed what I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
18I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
19Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
7For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
14I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.
15But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God
13Now as a fair exchange– I speak as to my children– open wide your hearts to us also.
16For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.
17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.
12So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.
1Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,
13Conclusion I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.
30since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.
9I sent him with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.
12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
5But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent(not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.
23Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.
9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
14Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body– for the sake of his body, the church– what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
16and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
8Exhortation to Love Neighbors Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
25But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need.
17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.
19I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.