Philemon 1:10-19

¹⁰I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

¹¹Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

¹²I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

¹³I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

¹⁴But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

¹⁵For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good —

¹⁶no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

¹⁷So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

¹⁸But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

¹⁹I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it — not to mention that you owe me your very self.

— Philemon 1:10-19

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Cross References for Philemon 1:10-19

• Colossians 4:9
• 1 Corinthians 4:15
• 2 Timothy 4:11
• 1 Timothy 1:2
• Genesis 50:20
• 2 Corinthians 9:7
• 2 Corinthians 8:23
• Isaiah 53:4-7
• Galatians 4:19
• Colossians 3:22

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