Philemon 1:1-9 ▼

1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, To Philemon, our beloved and fellow worker,

2 and to Apphia the sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house:

3 Grace to you? and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always, making remembrance of you in my prayers,

5 hearing of your love and the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,

6 so that the fellowship of your faith might become effective in the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us in Christ.

7 For I have much joy and encouragement on the basis of your love, because the inner parts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

8 Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to order you to do what is fitting,

9 because of love, rather, I exhort you, being such a one as Paul, now an elderly man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.