Philemon 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Philemon 1:14-18

14but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would 1not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will. 15For perhaps 2he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, 163no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, 4a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both 5in the flesh and in the Lord.

17If then you regard me a 6partner, accept him as you would me. 18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;

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Notes

  1. 1. Philemon 1:14 2 Cor 9:7; 1 Pet 5:2 ↩
  2. 2. Philemon 1:15 Gen 45:5, 8 ↩
  3. 3. Philemon 1:16 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
  4. 4. Philemon 1:16 Matt 23:8; 1 Tim 6:2 ↩
  5. 5. Philemon 1:16 Eph 6:5; Col 3:22 ↩
  6. 6. Philemon 1:17 2 Cor 8:23 ↩

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