New American Standard Bible 1995

Philemon 1:8-16

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--

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.

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