2and to ApphiaἈπφίᾳApphiaG682our sisterἀδελφῇadelphēaG79, and toArchippusἈρχίππῳArchippōG751ourfellowσυστρατιώτῃsustratiōtēG4961soldierG4961, and tothe churchἐκκλησίᾳ·ekklēsiaG1577in your houseοἶκόνoikonG3624:
3GraceχάριςcharisG5485to you and peaceεἰρήνηeirēnēG1515from GodθεοῦtheouG2316our FatherπατρὸςpatrosG3962and the LordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦ.¶ChristouG5547.
Philemon’s Love and Faith
4I thankΕὐχαριστῶEucharistōG2168my GodθεῷtheōG2316alwaysπάντοτεpantoteG3842,makingποιούμενοςpoioumenosG4160mentionμνείανmneianG3417of you in my prayersπροσευχῶνproseuchōnG4335,
5because IhearἀκούωνakouōnG191of your loveἀγάπηνagapēnG26and of the faithπίστινpistinG4102whichἣνhēnG3739you haveἔχειςecheisG2192towardπρὸςprosG4314the LordκύριονkurionG2962JesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424and towardεἰςeisG1519allπάνταςpantasG3956thesaintsἁγίους,hagiousG40;
6and I praythat the fellowshipκοινωνίαkoinōniaG2842of your faithπίστεώςpisteōsG4102may becomeγένηταιgenētaiG1096effectiveἐνεργὴςenergēsG1756throughG1722theknowledgeἐπιγνώσειepignōseiG1922of everyπαντὸςpantosG3956goodἀγαθοῦagathouG18thingG18which is in youfor Christ’sΧριστόνChristonG5547sakeεἰςeisG1519.
7For I have come to haveἔσχονeschonG2192muchπολλὴνpollēnG4183joyχαρὰνcharanG5479and comfortπαράκλησινparaklēsinG3874in your loveἀγάπῃagapēG26,becauseὅτιhotiG3754theheartsσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698of thesaintsἁγίωνhagiōnG40have beenrefreshedἀναπέπαυταιanapepautaiG373throughδιὰdiaG1223you, brotherἀδελφέ.¶adelpheG80.
8ThereforeΔιὸDioG1352,though I haveἔχωνechōnG2192enoughπολλὴνpollēnG4183confidenceπαρρησίανparrēsianG3954in ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547to orderἐπιτάσσεινepitasseinG2004you to dowhatτὸtoG3588isproperἀνῆκονanēkonG433,
9yet for love’sἀγάπηνagapēnG26sakeδιὰdiaG1223I ratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123appealπαρακαλῶ,parakalōG3870to you--since I amὢνōnG1510suchG5108a personG5108as PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972, theagedπρεσβύτηςpresbutēsG4246,and nowνυνὶnuniG3570alsoκαὶkaiG2532a prisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦ·IēsouG2424--
Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man
10IappealπαρακαλῶparakalōG3870to you for mychildτέκνουteknouG5043OnesimusὈνήσιμον,OnēsimonG3682,whomὃνhonG3739I have begottenἐγέννησαegennēsaG1080in myimprisonmentδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199,
11who formerlyποτέpoteG4218was uselessἄχρηστονachrēstonG890to you, but nowνυνὶnuniG3570is usefulεὔχρηστον,euchrēstonG2173bothG2532to you and to me.
12I have sentG375him backἀνέπεμψάanepempsaG375to you in personαὐτόν,autonG846, that is, sendingmy very heartσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698,
13whomὃνhonG3739I wishedἐβουλόμηνeboulomēnG1014to keepκατέχειν,katecheinG2722with me, soἵναinaG2443that on your behalfὑπὲρhuperG5228he might ministerδιακονῇdiakonēaG1247to me in myimprisonmentδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199for the gospelεὐαγγελίου·euangeliouG2098;
14but withoutχωρὶςchōrisG5565your consentγνώμηςgnōmēsG1106I did not wantἠθέλησαēthelēsaG2309to doποιῆσαι,poiēsaiG4160anythingοὐδὲνoudenG3762,soἵναinaG2443that your goodnessἀγαθόνagathonG18wouldnot be, in effectG2596,by compulsionἀνάγκηνanagkēnG318but of your own freeG1595willG1595.
15For perhapsτάχαtachaG5029he was for thisτοῦτοtoutoG3778reasonδιὰdiaG1223separatedἐχωρίσθηechōristhēG5563from youfor a whileὥραν,hōranG5610,that you would haveG568him backG568foreverαἰώνιονaiōnionG166,
16noG3765longerG3765as a slaveδοῦλονdoulonG1401,but moreG5228thanG5228a slaveδοῦλον,doulonG1401,a belovedἀγαπητόν,agapētonG27brotherἀδελφὸνadelphonG80,especiallyμάλισταmalistaG3122to me, but howπόσῳposōG4214muchG4214moreμᾶλλονmallonG3123to you, bothG2532in the fleshσαρκὶsarkiG4561and in the Lordκυρίῳ;kuriōG2962.
17IfεἰeiG1487thenοὖνounG3767you regardἔχειςecheisG2192me apartnerκοινωνόν,koinōnonG2844,acceptπροσλαβοῦproslabouG4355him as you would me.
19I, PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972,am writingἔγραψαegrapsaG1125this with my ownG1699handχειρί,cheiriG5495,I will repayἀποτίσω·apotisōG661it (not tomentionλέγωlegōG3004to you that you oweG4359to me evenκαὶkaiG2532your ownG4572selfG4572as wellG4359).
20Yesναί,naiG3483,brotherἀδελφέ,adelpheG80,let me benefitὀναίμηνonaimēnG3685from you in the Lordκυρίῳ·kuriōG2962;refreshἀνάπαυσόνanapausonG373my heartσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698in ChristΧριστῷ.¶ChristōG5547.
22At the sameἅμαhamaG260timeG260alsoκαὶkaiG2532prepareἑτοίμαζέhetoimazeG2090me alodgingξενίαν·xenianG3578, forI hopeἐλπίζωelpizōG1679that throughδιὰdiaG1223your prayersπροσευχῶνproseuchōnG4335I will be givenχαρισθήσομαιcharisthēsomaiG5483to you.
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