1Paul the prisoner of Jesu Christ, and brother Timotheus. Unto Philemon the beloved, and our helper,
2and to the beloved Appia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the congregation of thy house.
3Grace be with you and peace, from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers,
5when(for so much as) I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesu, and toward all saints:
6so that the fellowship that thou hast in the faith is fruitful thorow knowledge of all good things,(worke) which are in you by Jesus Christ.
7And we have great joy and consolation over thy love: For by thee brother, the saints' hearts are comforted.(the saints are heartily refreshed)
8Wherefore though I be bold(I have great boldness) in Christ to enjoin(command) thee, that which becometh thee:
9yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee,(beseek ye) though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Jesu Christ's(Iesu Christes) sake.
10I beseech(beseek) thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat(have begotten) in my bonds,
11which in time passed was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,
12whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own bowels,
13whom I would fain have retained(For I would have kept him still) with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.(gospell)
14Nevertheless, without thy mind, would I do nothing, that that(yt) good which springeth of thee should not be as it were of necessity,(which thou doest, should not be of compulsion) but willingly.
15Haply he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever,
16not now as a servant: but above a servant, I mean(even) a brother beloved, specially to me: but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and also in the Lord?
17If thou count me a fellow,(hold me for thy companion) receive him(him than even) as myself.
18If he have hurt thee or oweth thee ought, that lay to my charge.
19I Paul have written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to thee how that thou owest unto me even thine own self.
20Even so brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my bowels(refresh thou my heart) in the Lord.
21Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say for.
22Moreover prepare me lodging: for I trust(hope that) thorow the help of your prayers, I shall be given unto you.
23There salute thee, Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christe Jesu;
24Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my helpers.
25The grace of our Lord Jesu Christ be with your spirits, Amen. [This ends the epistle of saint Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Sent from Rome by Onesimus a servant.]