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\subsection{Philemon 1}
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\VS{1} Paul, [a] prisoner of Christ Jesus and Timothy [his] brother, to Philemon the
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agape-beloved and our co-worker,
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\VS{2} and to Apphia [our] sister and Archippus
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our co-soldier and to the assembly\fnEkklhsia{} in your house,
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\VS{3} grace to you and peace from God our father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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\VS{4} I thank my God, always making remembrance [of you] in my prayers,
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\VS{5} hearing [of your] agape-love and faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and
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to all the holy [ones],
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\VS{6} so that the fellowship [of your] faith become effective in the
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knowledge of every good [thing which is] in us in Christ.
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\VS{7} For we had much joy and
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comfort by your agape-love, because the affections of the holy [ones] are
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refreshed by you, O brother.
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\VS{8} Therefore, having much boldness in
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Christ to be commanding to you [that which is] proper,
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\VS{9} because of agape-love I rather exhort you, being such as Paul, the aged, and now also [a] prisoner of Christ Jesus,
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\VS{10} I exhort you concerning my son whom I begot in my bonds, Onesimus,
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\VS{11} [who was] formerly useless to you but now [is] useful both to
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you and to me,
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\VS{12} whom I sent to you, him, that is, my own affection,
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receive [him],
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\VS{13} whom I intended to retain with me, in order that in your
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behalf he serve me in the bonds of the good-news,
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\VS{14} but without your
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knowledge I wanted to do nothing, in order that your good not be as
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according to necessity but according to choice.
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\VS{15} For perhaps because
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of this he went away for [an] hour, in order that you receive him forever,
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\VS{16} no longer as slave but above slave, [as] agape-beloved brother,
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especially to me, but how much more rather to you both in flesh and in the
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Lord.
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\VS{17} If therefore you have me [as] partner, receive him as myself.
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\VS{18} But if he has done you any injustice or owes [you], charge this to my
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account.
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\VS{19} I Paul have written with my own hand, I pay the damages, in
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order that I not say to you that you indeed owe your own self to me besides.
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\VS{20} Yes, O brother, may I enjoy you in the Lord, refresh my affection in
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Christ,
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\VS{21} having confidence in your obedience I wrote to you, knowing
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that you will do beyond what I say.
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\VS{22} At the same time be preparing
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for me lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be graced to
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you.
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\VS{23} Epaphes my co-captive in Christ Jesus greets you,
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\VS{24} and Mark,
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Aristarchus, Demas, [and] Luke, my co-workers.
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\VS{25} The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ [be]\footnote{or ``[is]''} with your
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spirit.
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