NITHYAM SONGSPhilemon 1
World English Bible (WEB) • 25 verses
1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
RelatedPhilippians 2:25 · Ephesians 3:1 · Philemon 1:9 · Colossians 1:1 · 1 Corinthians 3:9 · Colossians 4:11
2to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
RelatedPhilippians 2:25 · Romans 16:5 · Colossians 4:17 · Colossians 4:15 · 1 Corinthians 16:19 · 2 Timothy 2:3-4
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,
RelatedRomans 1:8 · Ephesians 1:16 · Philippians 1:3 · Colossians 1:3 · 1 Thessalonians 1:2 · 2 Thessalonians 1:3
5hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
RelatedColossians 1:4 · Ephesians 1:15 · Psalms 16:3 · 1 John 5:1-2 · 1 Corinthians 16:1 · 1 John 3:23
6that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
RelatedPhilippians 1:9-11 · 2 Peter 1:8 · Colossians 1:9 · Matthew 5:16 · 1 Peter 1:5-8 · 1 Peter 2:12
7For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Related2 Corinthians 7:13 · 2 Corinthians 7:4 · 1 Thessalonians 3:9 · Philemon 1:20 · 3 John 1:3-6 · 1 Thessalonians 2:19
8Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
Related1 Thessalonians 2:6 · 2 Corinthians 10:8 · 2 Corinthians 3:12 · 2 Corinthians 10:1-2 · Ephesians 5:4 · 2 Corinthians 11:21
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.
Related2 Corinthians 5:20 · Ephesians 4:1 · Romans 12:1 · Ephesians 3:1 · Philemon 1:1-25 · Psalms 71:9
10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
RelatedColossians 4:9 · 1 Corinthians 4:15 · Galatians 4:19 · 1 Timothy 1:2 · Titus 1:4 · 2 Samuel 19:37-38
11who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
RelatedMatthew 6:14-15 · Luke 15:20 · Mark 11:25 · Ephesians 4:32 · Jeremiah 31:20 · Matthew 18:21-35
13whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
RelatedEphesians 3:1 · Philippians 1:7 · 1 Corinthians 16:17 · Philemon 1:1 · Ephesians 4:1 · Philippians 2:30
14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
Related2 Corinthians 9:7 · 1 Peter 5:2-3 · 1 Chronicles 29:17 · 2 Corinthians 8:12 · 1 Corinthians 9:17 · 2 Corinthians 9:5
15For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,
16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
RelatedColossians 3:22 · Matthew 23:8 · 1 Timothy 6:2 · 1 Corinthians 7:22 · Ephesians 6:5-7 · 1 Peter 1:22-23
17If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
Related2 Corinthians 8:23 · Matthew 10:40 · Philemon 1:12 · Matthew 18:5 · Matthew 25:40 · James 2:5
18But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.
RelatedIsaiah 53:4-7
19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
RelatedGalatians 6:11 · 1 Corinthians 16:21-22 · Galatians 5:2 · 1 Corinthians 4:15 · James 5:19-20 · 1 Corinthians 9:1-2
20Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
RelatedPhilemon 1:7 · 3 John 1:4 · Philemon 1:12 · Hebrews 13:17 · 2 Corinthians 2:2 · 1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
21Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Related2 Thessalonians 3:4 · 2 Corinthians 2:3 · 2 Corinthians 7:16 · 2 Corinthians 8:22 · Galatians 5:10
22Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
Related2 Corinthians 1:11 · Philippians 2:24 · James 5:16 · Acts 28:23 · Philippians 1:19 · 2 John 1:12
23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
24as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
RelatedColossians 4:14 · Colossians 4:10 · 2 Timothy 4:10-11 · Acts 15:37-39 · Acts 19:29 · Acts 12:12
25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.