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Philemon 1:8-16

8ThereforeΔιὸDioG1352,though I haveἔχωνechōnG2192enoughπολλὴνpollēnG4183confidenceπαρρησίανparrēsianG3954in ChristΧριστῷChristōG5547to orderἐπιτάσσεινepitasseinG2004you to dowhatτὸtoG3588isproperἀνῆκονanēkonG433,

9yetfor love’sἀγάπηνagapēnG26sakeδιὰdiaG1223I ratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123appealπαρακαλῶ,parakalōG3870to you--since I amὢνōnG1510suchG5108aG5108personG5108as PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972, anoldG4246manG4246,and nowνυνὶnuniG3570alsoκαὶkaiG2532a prisonerδέσμιοςdesmiosG1198ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547JesusἸησοῦ·IēsouG2424--

10IappealπαρακαλῶparakalōG3870to you for mysonτέκνουteknouG5043OnesimusὈνήσιμον,OnēsimonG3682,whomὃνhonG3739IfatheredἐγέννησαegennēsaG1080in myimprisonmentδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199,

11who previouslyποτέpoteG4218was uselessἄχρηστονachrēstonG890to you, but nowνυνὶnuniG3570is usefulεὔχρηστον,euchrēstonG2173bothG2532to you and to me.

12I have sentG375him backἀνέπεμψάanepempsaG375to you in personαὐτόν,autonG846, that is, sendingmy very heartσπλάγχναsplagchnaG4698,

13whomὃνhonG3739I wantedἐβουλόμηνeboulomēnG1014to keepκατέχειν,katecheinG2722with me, soἵναinaG2443thatG2443inG5228your behalfὑπὲρhuperG5228he might beG1247atG1247my serviceG1247in myimprisonmentδεσμοῖςdesmoisG1199for the gospelεὐαγγελίου·euangeliouG2098;

14but I did not wantἠθέλησαēthelēsaG2309to doποιῆσαι,poiēsaiG4160anythingοὐδὲνoudenG3762withoutχωρὶςchōrisG5565your consentγνώμηςgnōmēsG1106,soἵναinaG2443thatG2443your goodnessἀγαθόνagathonG18wouldnot be, inG5613effectG5613,by compulsionἀνάγκηνanagkēnG318,but of your own freeG1595willG1595.

15For perhapsτάχαtachaG5029it wasfor thisτοῦτοtoutoG3778reasonδιὰdiaG1223thathe was separatedἐχωρίσθηechōristhēG5563from 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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