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Philemon 1:6

Verse 6 of 25. The 1st of 1 chapters in Philemon, in The Letters of Paul.

2to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

5hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

6that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

7For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

8Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

9yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.