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Philemon 1:8-16

8SoΔιὸDioG1352although inἐνenG1722ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547I amἔχωνechōnG2192boldπαρρησίανparrēsianG3954enoughπολλὴνpollēnG4183to orderἐπιτάσσεινepitasseinG2004youσοιsoiG4771to dowhatτὸtoG3588isproperἀνῆκονanēkonG433,

9I prefer to appealμᾶλλον παρακαλῶ,mallon parakalōG3123 G3870on the basis ofδιὰdiaG1223τὴνtēnG3588loveἀγάπηνagapēnG26. ForὡςhōsG5613IτοιοῦτοςtoioutosG5108,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,amὢνōnG1510nowνυνὶnuniG3570agedπρεσβύτηςpresbutēsG4246,andδὲdeG1161a prisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198of ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦ·IēsouG2424as wellκαὶkaiG2532.

10I appealπαρακαλῶparakalōG3870to youσεseG4771forπερὶperiG4012myG1699τοῦtouG3588childτέκνουteknouG5043OnesimusὈνήσιμον,OnēsimonG3682,whoseὃνhonG3739father I becameἐγέννησαegennēsaG1080while I wasinἐνenG1722τοῖςtoisG3588chainsδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199.

11FormerlyποτέpoteG4218τόνtonG3588he wasuselessἄχρηστονachrēstonG890to youσοιsoiG4771,butδὲdeG1161nowνυνὶnuniG3570he has becomeusefulεὔχρηστον,euchrēstonG2173bothκαὶkaiG2532to youσοὶsoiG4771andκαὶkaiG2532to meἐμοὶemoiG1473.

12I am sending backὃν ἀνέπεμψάhon anepempsaG3739 G375to youσοιsoiG4771himαὐτόν,autonG846whoτοῦτ᾽tout᾽G3778isἔστινestinG1510myG1699τὰtaG3588very heartσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698.

13IἐγὼegōG1473would have likedἐβουλόμηνeboulomēnG1014to keepκατέχειν,katecheinG2722himὃνhonG3739withπρὸςprosG4314meG1683,so thatἵναinaG2443on your behalfὑπὲρ σοῦhuper souG5228 G4771he could minister toδιακονῇdiakonēaG1247meἐμαυτὸνemautonG1473inἐνenG1722myτοῖςtoisG3588chainsδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199for theτοῦtouG3588gospelεὐαγγελίου·euangeliouG2098.

14ButδὲdeG1161I did not wantἠθέλησαēthelēsaG2309to doποιῆσαι,poiēsaiG4160anythingοὐδὲνoudenG3762withoutχωρὶςchōrisG5565yourG4674τῆςtēsG3588consentγνώμηςgnōmēsG1106,so thatἵναinaG2443yourG4771τὸtoG3588goodnessἀγαθόνagathonG18will not beμὴ ᾖmē ēG1510 G3361out ofὡς κατὰhōs kataG5613 G2596compulsionἀνάγκηνanagkēnG318,butἀλλὰallaG235byκατὰkataG2596your own free willἑκούσιον.hekousionG1595.

15ForγὰρgarG1063perhapsτάχαtachaG5029this is whyδιὰ τοῦτοdia toutoG1223 G3778he was separatedἐχωρίσθηechōristhēG5563from youforπρὸςprosG4314a whileὥραν,hōranG5610,so thatἵναinaG2443you might have him backαὐτὸν ἀπέχῃς·auton apechēsG568 G846for goodαἰώνιονaiōnionG166—

16no longerG3765asὡςhōsG5613a slaveδοῦλονdoulonG1401,butἀλλ᾽all᾽G235better thanὑπὲρhuperG5228a slaveδοῦλον,doulonG1401, asa belovedἀγαπητόν,agapētonG27brotherἀδελφὸνadelphonG80. He isespeciallyμάλισταmalistaG3122belovedto meἐμοί,emoiG1473,butδὲdeG1161even more soπόσῳ μᾶλλονposō mallonG4214 G3123to youσοὶsoiG4771,bothκαὶkaiG2532inἐνenG1722personσαρκὶsarkiG4561andκαὶkaiG2532inἐνenG1722theLordκυρίῳ;kuriōG2962.

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