If you want to accept God's
offer in his Son, say a prayer like this:
Jesus, I confess that you are not only the
most important person in history, but you are the Creator and Savior of the
world. Lord Jesus, I need you. I have done wrong. Please forgive me of my sins
and come into my life. I ask you not just to be part of my life, but to guide me
to live according to the words I read in the Bible. Thank you for your mercy and
forgiveness. I am now committed to be your follower.
Amen.
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The Book of Philemon
Chapter 1
001:001 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and
Timothy our brother,
unto Philemon
our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
001:002 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier,
and to the church
in thy house:
001:003 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and
the Lord
Jesus Christ.
001:004 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
001:005 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast
toward the Lord
Jesus, and toward
all saints;
001:006 That the communication of thy faith may become
effectual by
the acknowledging of
every good thing which is in you
in
Christ Jesus.
001:007 For we have great joy and consolation in thy
love, because the
bowels of the
saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
001:008 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ
to enjoin
thee that which is
convenient,
001:009 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being
such an one
as Paul the aged, and
now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
001:010 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have
begotten in my
bonds:
001:011 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but
now
profitable to thee and to
me:
001:012 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive
him, that is,
mine own bowels:
001:013 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy
stead he might
have ministered
unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
001:014 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that
thy benefit
should not be as it
were of necessity, but willingly.
001:015 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season,
that thou
shouldest receive him
for ever;
001:016 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a
brother beloved,
specially to me,
but how much more unto thee, both in
the
flesh, and in the Lord?
001:017 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
001:018 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought,
put that on mine
account;
001:019 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I
will repay it:
albeit I do not say
to thee how thou owest unto me even
thine
own self besides.
001:020 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the
Lord: refresh my
bowels in the
Lord.
001:021 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto
thee, knowing
that thou wilt also
do more than I say.
001:022 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I
trust that through
your prayers I
shall be given unto you.
001:023 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
001:024 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
001:025 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.