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Greeting

¹Paul, a ⚓prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, ²to the beloved Apphia, ⚓Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon’s Love and Faith

⁴⚓I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, ⁵⚓hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, ⁶that the sharing of your faith may become effective ⚓by the acknowledgment of ⚓every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. ⁷For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

The Plea for Onesimus

⁸Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, ⁹yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ— ¹⁰I appeal to you for my son ⚓Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, ¹¹who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.
¹²I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, ¹³whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. ¹⁴But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, ⚓that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.
¹⁵For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, ¹⁶no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the ⚓flesh and in the Lord.

Philemon’s Obedience Encouraged

¹⁷If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. ¹⁸But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account. ¹⁹I, Paul, am writing with my own ⚓hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides. ²⁰Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.
²¹⚓Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. ²²But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for ⚓I trust that ⚓through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

Farewell

²³⚓Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, ²⁴as do⚓Mark, ⚓Aristarchus, ⚓Demas, ⚓Luke, my fellow laborers.
²⁵⚓The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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問候

¹為基督耶穌被囚的保羅，同弟兄提摩太，寫信給我們所親愛的同工腓利門、 ²亞腓亞姊妹，和我們的戰友亞基布，以及在你家裏的教會。 ³願恩惠、平安⚓從我們的父上帝和主耶穌基督歸給你們！

腓利門的愛心和信心

⁴我在禱告中記念你的時候，常為你感謝我的上帝， ⁵因聽說你對眾聖徒的愛心，和你對主耶穌的信心。 ⁶願你與人分享信心的時候，能產生功效，讓人知道我們⚓所行的各樣善事都是為基督做的。 ⁷弟兄啊，由於你的愛心，我得到極大的快樂和安慰，因為眾聖徒的心從你得到舒暢。

保羅為阿尼西謀請求

⁸雖然我靠着基督能放膽吩咐你做該做的事， ⁹可是像我這上了年紀的保羅，現在又是為基督耶穌被囚的，寧可憑着愛心求你， ¹⁰就是為我在捆鎖中所生的兒子阿尼西謀⚓求你。 ¹¹從前他與你沒有益處，但如今與你我都有益處。 ¹²我現在打發他回到你那裏去，他是我心肝。 ¹³我本來有意將他留下，在我為福音所受的捆鎖中替你伺候我。 ¹⁴但不知道你的意見，我不願意這樣做，好使你的善行不是出於勉強，而是出於自願。 ¹⁵他暫時離開你，也許是要讓你永遠得着他， ¹⁶不再是奴隸，而是高過奴隸，是親愛的弟兄；對我確實如此，何況對你呢！無論在肉身或在主裏更是如此。
¹⁷所以，你若以我為同伴，就接納他，如同接納我一樣。 ¹⁸他若虧負你，或欠你甚麼，都算在我的賬上吧， ¹⁹我必償還。這是我－保羅親筆寫的。我並不用對你說，甚至你自己也虧欠我呢！ ²⁰弟兄啊，希望你使我在主裏因你得益處，讓我的心在基督裏得到舒暢。
²¹我寫信給你，深信你必順服，知道你所要做的，必過於我所說的。 ²²此外，還請給我預備住處，因為我盼望藉着你們的禱告，必蒙恩回到你們那裏去。

最後的問安

²³為基督耶穌與我一同坐監的以巴弗問候你。 ²⁴我的同工馬可、亞里達古、底馬、路加也都問候你。 ²⁵願⚓主耶穌基督的恩與你們的靈同在。⚓