Philemon Cross References - Lamsa

¹ PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Ti-moÆthe-us, unto Phi-leÆmon our dearly beloved and our fellow-worker, ² And to our beloved ApÆphi-a and ArchipÆpus our fellow-labourer, and to the congregation in your house: ³ Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God, and always make mention of you in my prayers, ⁵ Since I have heard of your faith and love, which you have toward our LORD Jesus, and toward all saints; ⁶ That the participation of your faith may bear fruits in works, and in knowledge of everything that is good which you have in Jesus Christ. ⁷ For we have great joy and consolation in your love, and the hearts of the saints are refreshed. ⁸ For this reason, I have great boldness in Christ, to command of you those things which are right, ⁹ And for loveÆs sake I earnestly beseech you; even I, Paul, an old man as you know, and now also a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I beseech you on behalf of my son OnesÆi- mus, whom I converted during my imprisonment: ¹¹ But of whom in the past you could not make use, but now he is very useful both to you and to me. ¹² I send him to you again: welcome him as my own boy: ¹³ For I would have kept him with me to minister to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel: ¹⁴ But I did not wish to do anything without consulting you, that your good deeds might not be done as though by compulsion, but of your own desire. ¹⁵ Perhaps this was the reason why he left you for a while, that you can now engage him for ever; ¹⁶ Henceforth not as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, and much more to you, both in the flesh and in our LORD. ¹⁷ Now, therefore, if you still count me a partner, welcome him as you would me. ¹⁸ And if he has caused you any loss, or if he owes you anything, put it on my account: ¹⁹ I, Paul, have written this with my own hand; I will repay it, not reminding you that you owe to me even your own life. ²⁰ Indeed, my brother, let me have comfort through you in our LORD: refresh my heart in Christ. ²¹ Because I have confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I ask. ²² In addition to all this, prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be spared to come to you. ²³ EpÆa-phras, my fellow prisoner in Jesus Christ, salutes you; ²⁴ So do Mark, Ar-is-tarÆchus, DeÆmas, and Luke, my fellow-workers. ²⁵ The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

¹⁶ Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

¹⁴ For if you forgive men their faults, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive even your faults.

⁴⁰ Whoever receives you, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.

⁴⁸ But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹ And he pointed his hand to his disciples and said, Behold my mother, and behold my brothers. ⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and my sister and my mother.

⁵ And he who will welcome one like this little boy, in my name, welcomes me.

²¹ Then Peter came up and said to him, My Lord, if my brother is at fault with me, how many times should I forgive him? up to seven times? ²² Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who wanted to take an accounting from his servants. ²⁴ And when he began to take the accounting, they brought to him one who owed ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children, and all that he had, so that he could pay. ²⁶ The servant then fell down, worshipped him, and said, My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything. ²⁷ Then the master of that servant had pity, so he released him, and cancelled his debt. ²⁸ But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred cents; and he seized him, and tried to choke him, saying to him, Give me what you owe me. ²⁹ So his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and begged him and said, Have patience with me, and I will pay you. ³⁰ But he was not willing; and he went and had him put into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him. ³¹ When their fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were very sorry, and they came and informed their master of everything that had happened. ³² Then his master called him and said to him, O wicked servant, I cancelled all your debt because you begged me. ³³ Was it not right for you to have mercy on your fellow-servant, just as I had mercy on you? ³⁴ So his master was angry, and delivered him to the scourgers, until he should pay everything he owed him. ³⁵ So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not forgive each man his brotherÆs fault from your heart.

⁸ But you do not be called, Rabbi; for one is your Master, and all you are brethren.

³⁰ And the idle servant they threw into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴⁰ The king then will answer and say to them, Truly I tell you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of these least brethren, you did it to me.

¹⁷ One of the multitude answered and said, Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit of dumbness.

²⁵ And when you stand up to pray, forgive whatever you have against any man, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your trespasses.

²⁰ And he rose up and came to his father. And while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

²⁴ For this my son was dead, and has come to life; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.

³² It was right for us to make merry and rejoice; for this your brother was dead and has come to life; and was lost and is found.

¹⁰ Even you also, when you have done all the things which are commanded you, say, We are idle servants; we have only done what was our duty to do.

²⁸ To execute whatever your hand and your will had previously decreed to take place.

¹⁷ Then An-a-niÆas went to him at the house, and laying his hands on him, said, Saul, my brother, our LORD Jesus, who appeared to you on the way when you were coming, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

³⁹ Then Simon Peter arose and went with them. And when he had arrived, they took him to the upper room where all the widows were gathered around her weeping and they showed him shirts and cloaks which TabÆitha had given them when she was alive. ⁴⁰ But Simon Peter put all the people out and knelt down and prayed; then he turned to the body and said, TabÆi-tha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Simon Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹ And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up; then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

¹² And when he understood, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; because many brethren were gathered there praying.

²⁵ BarÆna-bas and Saul, after they had fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem to AnÆti-och, and took with them John whose surname was Mark.

¹³ Then Paul and BarÆna-bas sailed from the city of PaÆphos, and came to PerÆga, a city in Pam-phylÆi-a: and John separated from them and went to Jerusalem.

³⁷ Now BarÆna-bas wanted to take John who was also called Mark. ³⁸ But Paul was unwilling to take him with them, because he had left them when they were in Pam-phylÆi-a, and had not gone with them. ³⁹ And because of this dispute, Paul and BarÆna-bas separated from each other: and BarÆna-bas took Mark, and they sailed to CyÆprus,

¹⁵ And she was baptized together with her household, and she begged us, saying, If you are sincerely convinced that I believe in our LORD, come and stay in my house; and she urged us strongly.

²⁹ And the whole city was in tumult: and they rushed together to the theatre, and there seized and carried along with them GaÆius and Ar-is-tarÆchus, Mac-e-doÆni-ans, members of PaulÆs escort.

² When we were ready to sail, we embarked in a ship of the city of Ad-ra-mytÆti-um, bound for Asia Minor, and there boarded the ship with us, Ar-is-tarÆchus a Mac-e-doÆnian of the city of Thes-sa-lo-niÆca.

²³ So they appointed a day for him and many gathered together and came to him where he was staying; and he explained to them about the Kingdom of God, thus testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called and sanctified: Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith has been heard of throughout the world.

¹² They are all gone astray and they have been rejected: there are none who do good, no, not one.

¹ I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by means of reasonable service.

¹³ Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

²⁴ When I leave for Spain, I hope to come to see you: and I hope that you will escort me thence after I have more or less fully enjoyed my visit. ²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. ²⁶ For the brethren in Mac-e-doÆni-a and A-chaÆia have been pleased to take part in helping the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

³⁰ Now, I beseech you, my brethren, by our LORD Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you should strive together with me in your prayer to God for me; ³¹ That I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judµa; and that the assistance which I carry to the saints in Jerusalem may be well accepted. ³² So that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

⁵ Likewise salute the congregation that is in their house. Salute my well beloved E-pµnÆetus, who is the first-fruits of A-chaÆia unto Christ.

⁷ Salute An-dro-niÆcus and Junia, my kinsmen, who were prisoners with me, and wellknown among the apostles, and who were believers in Christ before me.

²⁰ The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The Grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you.

²³ GaÆius, my host and of the whole church, salutes you. E-rasÆtus, the chamberlain of the city, salutes you; and QuarÆtus, a brother. Romans 16 Revelation of the mystery.

⁹ For we work together with God: you are GodÆs work and GodÆs building.

¹⁵ For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you will have not many fathers: for in Jesus Christ I have begotten you through the gospel.

²² For he who is called by our LORD, being a slave, is GodÆs free man; likewise he who is called, being a freeman, is also ChristÆs servant.

¹ AM I not a free man? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our LORD? are you not my work in my LORD? ² If I am not an apostle to others, yet to you I am: for you are the seal of my apostleship.

⁷ What officer commands an army at his own expense? or who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruits? or who feeds sheep, and does not eat of the milk of his flock?

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have my reward: but if against my will, it is like a stewardship intrusted to me.

²⁵ Thus the secrets of his heart will be revealed, and then he will fall on his face, and he will worship God and say, Truly God is among you.

¹ NOW concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, likewise do you also.

¹⁷ I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part, they have supplied.

¹⁹ All the churches of Asia Minor salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in our LORD, with the congregation that meets in their house.

²¹ This salutation is from me, Paul, in my own handwriting. ²² Whoever does not love our LORD Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha, that is to say, our LORD has come.

¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Ti-moÆthe-us our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all A-chaÆia:

¹¹ You also helping by your supplications for us, that for his gift bestowed upon us, by means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

²⁴ Not that we are the masters of your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.

² For if I make you sad, who can make me happy, but him whom I made sad? ³ And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I come to you I may not be made sad by those who ought to make me joyful; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

² You are our epistle written in our hearts, well-known and read by all men:

¹² Seeing therefore that we have such hope, we conduct ourselves bravely:

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we beseech you for Christ; be reconciled to God.

¹ SO we beseech you, as helpers, that the grace of God which you have received may not be in vain among you.

⁴ I am familiar enough to speak boldly with you, and I am very proud of you: and I am filled with satisfaction, and I am overwhelmed with joy in all our troubles.

⁴ I am familiar enough to speak boldly with you, and I am very proud of you: and I am filled with satisfaction, and I am overwhelmed with joy in all our troubles. ⁵ For ever since we came to Mac-e-doÆni-a, our bodies have had no rest but have been troubled by everything; war without and fears within. ⁶ Nevertheless God, who comforts the meek, comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ And not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, for he brought us the good news concerning your love towards us, your mourning and your zeal on our behalf; and when I heard it, I rejoiced exceedingly.

¹³ Therefore we were comforted and with our consolation we rejoiced exceedingly in the joy of Titus, for his spirit was refreshed by you all.

¹⁶ I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.

¹² For if there is a willingness to give, every man can give according to that which he has, and not according to that which he has not, and his gift will be acceptable.

²² And we have sent with them also our brother, who has oftentimes been proven by us in many things, that he is earnest, and now is more earnest because of the abundant trust he has in you. ²³ And as to Titus, he is my partner and helper among you: and as to our other brethren, they are the apostles of the churches to the glory of Christ.

⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to ask these, my brethren, to go before me to you, and make ready in advance the contribution, of which you have long ago been notified, that you might have it ready as a contribution and not as though it were forced on you.

⁷ So let every man give according to what he has decided in his mind, not grudgingly or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.

¹² For the administration of this service not only supplies the wants of the saints, but it also is made abundant by many thanksgivings to God. ¹³ By this experiment of charitable service they glorify God in that you have subjected yourselves to the faith of the gospel of Christ, and through your generosity you have become partakers with them and with all men, ¹⁴ And they offer prayer on your behalf with greater love, because of the abundance of the grace of God which has been on you.

¹ NOW I, Paul, beseech you by the gentleness and meekness of Christ, even though I am humble when present among you, I have the assurance when I am far away, ² I beseech you, that when I arrive, not to be troubled by the things which I hope to carry out, for it is my purpose to put to scorn those men who regard us as if we lived after the flesh.

⁸ For if I should boast somewhat more of the authority which our LORD has given me, I should not be ashamed, for he has given it to us for your edification, and not for your destruction.

²¹ I speak this as a reproach, as though we were weak. Now I speak foolishly; in whatsoever other men are bold, I venture also.

¹⁴ The peace of our LORD Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

¹⁹ My little children, for whom I am in travail again, until Christ be a reality in you,

²⁸ Now we, my brethren, are the children of promise, as was Isaac. ²⁹ But as then he who was born after the flesh persecuted him who was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

² Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you be circumcised, then Christ is of no benefit to you.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision; but faith which is accomplished by love.

¹⁰ I have confidence in you through our LORD, that you will consider no other beliefs: that he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he is.

¹¹ You can see how long a letter I have written to you with my own hand.

¹⁸ My brethren, the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

² Peace be with you and grace from God our Father, and from our LORD Jesus Christ:

¹⁵ Wherefore I also, since I heard of your faith in our LORD Jesus Christ, and your love toward all the saints, ¹⁶ Never cease to give thanks for your sakes and to mention you in my prayers;

¹ FOR this cause I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you Gentiles.

⁶ That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs and partakers of his body and of the promise which is given through him by the gospel,

¹ I THEREFORE, a prisoner of our LORD, beseech you to live as is worthy of the rank to which you are called,

³² And be kind one to another and tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God has forgiven us through Christ.

⁴ Neither cursing, nor foolish words, nor insults, nor words of flattery, none of which are necessary: but instead of these, let thanks be offered.

⁵ Servants, be obedient to your masters according to the flesh, with reverence and trembling, and with a sincere heart, as to Christ; ⁶ Not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. ⁷ And serve well with your whole soul, with love, as to our LORD, and not to men:

²⁰ For which I am a messenger in chains: that I may speak openly about it, as I ought to speak.

³ I give thanks to my God for your steady remembrance of me.

⁷ And this is the right way for me to think of you all, because I have you in my heart, because through all my imprisonment and my defense and confirmation of the truth of the gospel, you have been partakers with me of grace. ⁸ For God is my witness of how much I love you through the love of Jesus Christ. ⁹ And for this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding: ¹⁰ So that you may choose the things that are excellent; and that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ; ¹¹ And be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and the praise of God.

¹⁹ For I know that through your prayers and the gift of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, all these things will ultimately turn out for my salvation,

²⁵ And this I surely know, that I shall be spared and remain for your joy and for the furtherance of your faith; ²⁶ So that when I come again to you, your rejoicing in Jesus Christ will abound through me.

¹ IF, therefore, you have found consola tion in Christ, or whole hearted love or fellowship of the Spirit or compassion and mercies, ² Complete my joy by being in one accord and one love and one soul and one mind.

²⁴ But I trust in my LORD that I also myself shall come shortly. ²⁵ But right now I am forced through circumstances to send to you Epaphroditus, a brother, and assistant and co-worker with me, but he is also your apostle and one who ministers to my wants.

³⁰ Because for the work of Christ he came near to death; and by his self denial, he made good your lack of service to me.

¹ HENCEFORTH, my dearly beloved brethren, my joy and crown, in this manner stand firm in our LORD, my beloved.

³ I beseech you also, my true yokefellow, help those women who laboured with me in the gospel, together with Clement, and with the rest of my fellowlabourers, whose names are written in the book of life.

⁸ Finally, my brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Ti-moÆthe-us our brother,

³ Always we give thanks to God, the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, and always we pray for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Jesus Christ, and of your love for all the saints,

⁷ Just as you have learned it from EpÆa-phras our beloved fellow-servant, who is for your sakes a faithful minister of Christ:

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you might be filled with the knowledge of the will of God in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding;

²² Servants, obey your human masters in all things, not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but with a sincere heart, in fear of the LORD.

⁹ Together with O-nesÆi-mus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known to you all the things which have happened to us. ¹⁰ Ar-is-tarÆchus, my fellow-prisoner, salutes you, together with Mark, cousin to Barnabas, concerning whom you have been instructed: and if he comes, receive him; ¹¹ And Jesus, who is called Justus. These are of the circumcision, and the only ones who have helped me toward the Kingdom of God; and have been a comfort to me. ¹² EpÆa-phras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you: always labouring for you in prayer, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

¹⁴ Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. ¹⁵ Salute the brethren in La-od-i-ceÆa, and salute Nym-phas and his family and the congregation that meets at his house.

¹⁷ And say to Ar-chipÆpus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in our LORD and that you fulfill it.

² We give thanks to God always for you all, remembering you continually in our prayers; ³ Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love, and the patience of your hope in our LORD Jesus Christ.

² But from the beginning we suffered and as you know were treated shamefully, at PhilipÆpi; then with more struggle but with confidence in our God, we preached to you the gospel of Christ.

⁶ And we have not sought support from men, neither from you, nor from others, when we could have been burdensome on you for our maintenance, as the apostles of Christ should be.

¹³ For this cause also we thank God continually, because, when you received the word of God which you heard from us you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which works effectively in you who believe.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, our joy, or crown of our glorying? Is it not you in the presence of our LORD Jesus when he comes?

¹⁹ For what is our hope, our joy, or crown of our glorying? Is it not you in the presence of our LORD Jesus when he comes? ²⁰ For you are our glory and our joy.

² And send Ti-moÆthe-us, our brother, a minister of God, and our helper in the gospel of Christ, to sustain you and comfort you concerning your faith:

⁷ Therefore, our brethren, we have been comforted by you, in the midst of all our distress and tribulations because of your faith: ⁸ Now we can live happily, if you stand firm in our LORD. ⁹ What thanks can we offer to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes,

⁹ What thanks can we offer to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes,

¹ PAUL, and Sil-vaÆnus, and Ti-moÆtheus, unto the Church of the Thes-saloÆni- ans in God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ:

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, my brethren, as it is appropriate to do, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of all of you for one another increases;

⁴ We have confidence in you through our LORD, that the things we have commanded you to do, you have done and will continue to do.

² To Ti-moÆthe-us, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father, and Christ Jesus our LORD.

² Those who have masters who are believers, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them more zealously, because they are believers and beloved in whose service they find rest; These things teach and exhort.

³ I thank God, whom I have served from boyhood with a pure conscience, that I have always remembered you in my prayers night and day.

⁸ Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our LORD, nor of me his prisoner; but bear the hardships that go along with the preaching of the gospel through the power of God;

¹⁶ Let our LORD grant mercy to the house of On-e-siphÆo-rus; for he has often refreshed me, and he was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment:

³ Therefore endure hardships, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No man can be a soldier, and also entangle himself with the things of this life; if he would please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.

¹⁰ For DeÆmas has forsaken me, having loved this world, and has gone to Thes-salo- niÆca; CresÆcens to Ga-laÆtia; Titus to DalmaÆtia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is suitable to me for the ministry.

¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is suitable to me for the ministry.

²² Our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with all of us. Amen.

⁴ To Titus, a true son in the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father, and the LORD Jesus Christ our Saviour.

¹⁴ And let our people be taught to do good works in times of emergency, that they be not unfruitful.

¹ PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Ti-moÆthe-us, unto Phi-leÆmon our dearly beloved and our fellow-worker,

¹ PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Ti-moÆthe-us, unto Phi-leÆmon our dearly beloved and our fellow-worker,

¹ PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Ti-moÆthe-us, unto Phi-leÆmon our dearly beloved and our fellow-worker, ² And to our beloved ApÆphi-a and ArchipÆpus our fellow-labourer, and to the congregation in your house:

² And to our beloved ApÆphi-a and ArchipÆpus our fellow-labourer, and to the congregation in your house: ³ Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God, and always make mention of you in my prayers, ⁵ Since I have heard of your faith and love, which you have toward our LORD Jesus, and toward all saints; ⁶ That the participation of your faith may bear fruits in works, and in knowledge of everything that is good which you have in Jesus Christ. ⁷ For we have great joy and consolation in your love, and the hearts of the saints are refreshed.

⁷ For we have great joy and consolation in your love, and the hearts of the saints are refreshed. ⁸ For this reason, I have great boldness in Christ, to command of you those things which are right,

⁸ For this reason, I have great boldness in Christ, to command of you those things which are right, ⁹ And for loveÆs sake I earnestly beseech you; even I, Paul, an old man as you know, and now also a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And for loveÆs sake I earnestly beseech you; even I, Paul, an old man as you know, and now also a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ.

⁹ And for loveÆs sake I earnestly beseech you; even I, Paul, an old man as you know, and now also a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I beseech you on behalf of my son OnesÆi- mus, whom I converted during my imprisonment:

¹⁰ I beseech you on behalf of my son OnesÆi- mus, whom I converted during my imprisonment: ¹¹ But of whom in the past you could not make use, but now he is very useful both to you and to me. ¹² I send him to you again: welcome him as my own boy:

¹² I send him to you again: welcome him as my own boy: ¹³ For I would have kept him with me to minister to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel: ¹⁴ But I did not wish to do anything without consulting you, that your good deeds might not be done as though by compulsion, but of your own desire. ¹⁵ Perhaps this was the reason why he left you for a while, that you can now engage him for ever; ¹⁶ Henceforth not as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, and much more to you, both in the flesh and in our LORD. ¹⁷ Now, therefore, if you still count me a partner, welcome him as you would me. ¹⁸ And if he has caused you any loss, or if he owes you anything, put it on my account: ¹⁹ I, Paul, have written this with my own hand; I will repay it, not reminding you that you owe to me even your own life. ²⁰ Indeed, my brother, let me have comfort through you in our LORD: refresh my heart in Christ.

²⁰ Indeed, my brother, let me have comfort through you in our LORD: refresh my heart in Christ. ²¹ Because I have confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I ask. ²² In addition to all this, prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be spared to come to you. ²³ EpÆa-phras, my fellow prisoner in Jesus Christ, salutes you; ²⁴ So do Mark, Ar-is-tarÆchus, DeÆmas, and Luke, my fellow-workers.

²⁴ So do Mark, Ar-is-tarÆchus, DeÆmas, and Luke, my fellow-workers. ²⁵ The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

¹ FROM henceforth, O my holy brethren, called by a call from heaven, look to this Apostle and High Priest of our faith, Jesus Christ:

¹⁴ For we are made partakers of Christ, if from the beginning to the very end we hold steadfast to this true covenant,

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your works and your labor of love which you have made known in his name, for you have ministered to the saints and still do minister.

¹⁷ Listen to your spiritual leaders, and obey them: for they are watchful guardians of your souls, as one who must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

¹⁹ But above all, I beseech you to do this that I may return to you sooner.

²³ You should know our brother Timothy has been set at liberty; and if he should come shortly, I will see you together with him.

⁵ Hear this, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of the world who are rich in faith, to be heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to those who love him?

¹⁴ Though a man say he has faith, what profit is it, my brethren, if he does not have works? Can faith save him?

¹⁷ Even so faith, without works, is dead, by itself.

¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man is powerful.

¹⁹ My brethren, if any of you do err from the way of the truth, and some one converts him from his error, ²⁰ Let him know that he who converts a sinner from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall wipe out a multitude of sins.

⁵ While you are kept by the power of God through faith, for the life eternal which is ready to be revealed at the last time. ⁶ Wherein you will rejoice for ever, though at present you are sorrowful for a while, through diverse trials which have come upon you: ⁷ So that the proof of your faith, being much more precious than refined gold which has been purified by fire, may be made manifest for the glory and honour and praise at the appearing of Jesus Christ, ⁸ Whom you have not seen, but whom you yet love, and in whose faith you rejoice with exceeding joy that cannot be described;

²² Let your souls be sanctified by obedience to the truth, and be filled with sincere love, so that you may love one another with pure and perfect hearts: ²³ Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

¹⁰ You, who in the past were not considered a people, but who are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but who now have mercy poured out upon you. ¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul; ¹² And let your conduct be good before all men, so that those who speak evil words against you, may see your good works and glorify God at the day of trial.

¹ LIKEWISE, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands, so that those who obey not the word may be won without difficulty through your good example.

¹⁶ Having a good conscience; so that they who speak evil of you, as of evil doers, may be ashamed as men who belittle your good works in Christ.

¹ I EXHORT the ministers who are among you, for I also am a minister and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. ² Feed the flock of God which is entrusted to your care and shepherd them spiritually, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but with all your heart. ³ Live not as overlords over the flock, but as good examples to them.

⁸ For when these things are found among you and abound, you are not empty nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our LORD Jesus Christ.

³ It is that which we have seen and heard that we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him?

²³ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

¹ WHOSOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone who loves him who begat him, loves him also who is begotten of him.

¹ WHOSOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone who loves him who begat him, loves him also who is begotten of him. ² And by this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children living in the truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

¹² I have many things to say to you, which I do not want to write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified concerning the truth that is in you, even as you live a true life. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children follow the truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children follow the truth. ⁵ Our beloved, you do faithfully that which you do to the brethren, especially to those who are strangers; ⁶ Who have borne witness concerning your love before the whole church: for the good things which you have done for them by supplying their needs, as is pleasing to God,

⁸ We, therefore, ought to welcome such, so that we may be fellow helpers to the truth.

¹⁴ But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face.