{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/philemon/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:44:39.955Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Philemon","bookSlug":"philemon","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":1,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which is in thine house."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ Jesus."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I exhort thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"whom I have sent back to thee: but do thou receive him, that is, my bowels:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"whom I was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"for perhaps for this reason he has been separated from thee for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner with thee, receive him as me;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything to thee, put this to my account."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I Paul have written it with mine own hand; I will repay it: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Yea, brother, I would have profit of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit."}],"citation":{"inline":"Philemon 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[Philemon 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/philemon/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/philemon/1 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}