1. To Philemon, our beloved fellow laborer,
2. and to beloved Apphia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4. I thank my God, always mentioning you in my prayers,
5. whenever I hear of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
6. that the sharing of your faith may be most effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you from Christ Jesus.
7. For we have great joy and encouragement on account of your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed through you, brother.
8. Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do that which is proper,
9. yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—