Philemon 1:1-9

1Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,

2and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.

3Grace to you and peace from 1God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

4I thank my 2God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

5hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

6in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].

7For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

8Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,

9for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.