New American Standard Bible 1995
Philemon 1:8-21
8ThereforeG1352, 1though I haveG2192 2enoughG4183 confidenceG3954 in ChristG5547 to orderG2004 you to do whatG3588 is 3properG433, 9yet for love’sG26 sakeG1223 I ratherG3123 4appealG3870 to you--since I amG1510 suchG5108 a personG5108 as PaulG3972, 5the 6agedG4246, and nowG3570 alsoG2532 7a prisonerG1198 of 8ChristG5547 JesusG2424-- 10I 9appealG3870 to you for my 10childG5043 1112OnesimusG3682, whomG3739 I have begottenG1080 in my 13imprisonmentG1199, 11who formerlyG4218 was uselessG890 to you, but nowG3570 is usefulG2173 bothG2532 to you and to me. 12I have sentG375 him backG375 to you in personG846, that is, sending my very heartG4698, 13whomG3739 I wishedG1014 to keepG2722 with me, soG2443 that on your behalfG5228 he might ministerG1247 to me in my 1415imprisonmentG1199 for the gospelG2098; 14but withoutG5565 your consentG1106 I did not wantG2309 to doG4160 anythingG3762, soG2443 that your goodnessG18 would 16not be, in effectG2596, by compulsionG318 but of your own freeG1595 willG1595. 15For perhapsG5029 17he was for thisG3778 reasonG1223 separatedG5563 from you for a whileG5610, that you would haveG568 him backG568 foreverG166, 1618noG3765 longerG3765 as a slaveG1401, but moreG5228 thanG5228 a slaveG1401, 19a belovedG27 brotherG80, especiallyG3122 to me, but howG4214 muchG4214 moreG3123 to you, bothG2532 20in the fleshG4561 and in the LordG2962.
17IfG1487 thenG3767 you regardG2192 me a 21partnerG2844, acceptG4355 him as you would me. 18But ifG1487 he has wrongedG91 you in anyG5100 wayG5100 orG2228 owesG3784 you anythingG5100, chargeG1677 that to my accountG1677; 1922I, PaulG3972, am writingG1125 this with my ownG1699 handG5495, I will repayG661 it (23not to 24mentionG3004 to you that you oweG4359 to me evenG2532 your ownG4572 selfG4572 as wellG4359). 20YesG3483, brotherG80, let me benefitG3685 from you in the LordG2962; 25refreshG373 my heartG4698 in ChristG5547.
2126HavingG3982 confidenceG3982 in your obedienceG5218, I writeG1125 to you, since I knowG3609 that you will doG4160 evenG2532 moreG5228 thanG5228 whatG3739 I sayG3004.
Notes
- 1. Philemon 1:8 2 Cor 3:12; 1 Thess 2:6 ↩
- 2. Philemon 1:8 Lit much ↩
- 3. Philemon 1:8 Eph 5:4 ↩
- 4. Philemon 1:9 Rom 12:1 ↩
- 5. Philemon 1:9 Or an ambassador ↩
- 6. Philemon 1:9 Titus 2:2 ↩
- 7. Philemon 1:9 Philem 1 ↩
- 8. Philemon 1:9 Gal 3:26; 1 Tim 1:12; Philem 23 ↩
- 9. Philemon 1:10 Rom 12:1 ↩
- 10. Philemon 1:10 1 Cor 4:14f ↩
- 11. Philemon 1:10 I.e. useful ↩
- 12. Philemon 1:10 Col 4:9 ↩
- 13. Philemon 1:10 Lit bonds ↩
- 14. Philemon 1:13 Lit bonds ↩
- 15. Philemon 1:13 Phil 1:7; Philem 10 ↩
- 16. Philemon 1:14 2 Cor 9:7; 1 Pet 5:2 ↩
- 17. Philemon 1:15 Gen 45:5, 8 ↩
- 18. Philemon 1:16 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
- 19. Philemon 1:16 Matt 23:8; 1 Tim 6:2 ↩
- 20. Philemon 1:16 Eph 6:5; Col 3:22 ↩
- 21. Philemon 1:17 2 Cor 8:23 ↩
- 22. Philemon 1:19 1 Cor 16:21; 2 Cor 10:1; Gal 5:2 ↩
- 23. Philemon 1:19 2 Cor 9:4 ↩
- 24. Philemon 1:19 Lit say ↩
- 25. Philemon 1:20 Philem 7 ↩
- 26. Philemon 1:21 2 Cor 2:3 ↩
Commentaries on Philemon 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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