Philemon Cross References - Thomson

¹ Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ, and Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our beloved, and fellow labourer, ² and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the congregation in thy house; ³ favour be to you, and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, ⁵ hearing of the faith which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, of thy love for all the saints, ⁶ so that every good man among you must acknowledge that thy participation of the faith is operative for Christ Jesus. [Or literally, "that thy participation of the faith may, in the acknowledgment of every good man among you, be operative for Christ Jesus."] ⁷ For we have great joy and comfort for this love of thine, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. ⁸ Wherefore though I have much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fit; ⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ I entreat thee in respect to this son of mine whom I have begotten in my bonds; namely, Onesimus, ¹¹ who was formerly unprofitable to thee; but is now profitable both to thee and me ¹² whom I have sent back; do thou then receive him kindly, that is, as one whom I tenderly love, ¹³ whom I was determining to keep with me that for thee he might wait on me during my being in bonds for the glad tidings; ¹⁴ but I would not do any thing without thy consent, that the benefit derived from thee might not be as it were forced, but of free will. ¹⁵ For perhaps he was separated from thee for a short time for this very purpose, that thou mightest have him ever after, ¹⁶ not as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved in a special manner by me, [and how much more ought he to be by thee] both in flesh, and in the Lord. ¹⁷ If therefore thou esteemest me as a companion, receive him as thou wouldst myself. ¹⁸ And if he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee any thing, place it to my account. ¹⁹ I Paul myself have written with my own hand. I will make compensation. Not to mention to thee that thou owest me even thine own self. ²⁰ I beseech thee, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: gratify my tender affections in the Lord. ²¹ I have written to thee in a confidence of thy compliance, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I express. ²² In the mean while prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that, by means of your prayers, I shall be granted to you. ²³ Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, ²⁴ Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers, salute thee. ²⁵ The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor let it afflict you that you sold me hither; for God sent me before you for life. ⁶ For this is but the second year of famine on the earth and there will be yet five years, in which there will be neither tillage nor harvest, ⁷ so that God hath sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth and to nourish your great remnant. ⁸ Now therefore it was not you who sent me hither, but it was God. And he hath made me like a father to Pharao, and lord of all his house and governor of all the land of Egypt.

²⁰ You indeed consulted against me for evil: but God determined concerning me for good, to bring to pass as at this day, that much people might be nourished.

⁶ And if thy brother, the son of thy father, or of thy mother, or thine own son, or daughter, or the wife in thy bosom, or a friend who is as thine own soul, speak privately to thee saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;

¹ And David said, Is there any yet left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? ² Now there was a servant of the house of Saul, whose name was Siba. So they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Siba? And he said, I am thy servant. ³ Then the king said to him, Is there any man yet left of the house of Saul, that I may treat him with all the kindness possible? And when Siba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan who is disabled in his feet, ⁴ the king said to Siba, Where is he? And Siba said to the king, Behold at the house of Machir, son of Amiel of Lodabar. ⁵ Thereupon king David sent for him from the house of Machir, son of Amiel of Lodabar. ⁶ And when Memphibosthe son of Jonathan, son of Saul was brought before king David, he fell on his face, and made obeisance to him. And when David said to him, Memphibosthe! He said, Here am I thy servant. ⁷ Then David said to him, Fear not; for I will indeed deal kindly with thee, for Jonathan thy father's sake, and restore thee all the fields of Saul thy grandfather, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

¹¹ Then David said to Abessa, and to all his servants, Behold my own son, who is descended from my loins, seeketh my life, and how much more then may this Jeminite do it! Let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him.

⁵ the king gave a charge to Joab, and to Abessa, and to Ethi saying, Spare, for my sake, the young man Abessalom. And all the people heard the king giving this charge to all the commanders respecting Abessalom.

³⁷ Let thy servant, I pray thee, stay, that I may die in my own city, near the tomb of my father and mother. And behold thy servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king. Do to him what is good in thy sight. ³⁸ And the king said, Let Chamaam come over with me, and I will do for him what is good in my sight, and whatever thou requirest of me, I will do for thee.

¹⁷ As I know, O Lord, that thou triest hearts and lovest righteousness, I have with singleness of heart freely offered all these things, and have now seen with joy all thy people who are here present freely offering to thee.

¹ But now the meanest have me in derision: now, those undertake to admonish me; whose fathers I held in contempt: whom I did not think worthy the dogs of my flocks. ² What in deed was the strength of their hands to me? Destruction would have been lost upon them.

³ By the hallowed things in this land of his he had marvellously displayed all his designs.

⁹ Cast me not off in the time of old age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

¹⁸ even to old age and grey hairs. God, forsake me not, till I declare thine arm to the rising generation;

¹⁰ Since the secret purpose of man can contribute to thy praise, let the remainder of it cause a festival to be celebrated for thee.

³ With thee shall be the government; in the day of thy power; in the splendours of thy holies from the womb: before the morning star I begot thee.

³¹ Old age is a crown of glory, when found in the ways of righteousness.

⁶ And in that day the inhabitants of this country will say, "Behold we trusted to flee for help to them, who were unable to deliver themselves from the king of Assyria: how then shall we escape?

⁴ I am the self existent, even till you grow old, I am, I sustain you: I made you and I will bear with you; I will lift you up and I will save you.

⁴ This man beareth away our sins; and for us he is in sorrow: And we considered him as being in trouble and under a stroke and in affliction. ⁵ But he was wounded for our sins, and afflicted for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; by his bruises we are healed. ⁶ We all like sheep had strayed; every man wandered in his way: and the Lord delivered him up for our sins: ⁷ and he, on account of his affliction, openeth not his mouth. He was led as a sheep to be slaughtered. And as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

²⁰ Ephraim is a beloved son; my darling child; since my words are in him I will surely remember him. For this cause I have been anxious for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

¹⁶ Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven.

¹⁴ For if you forgive men their offences, your heavenly father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if you do not forgive men their offences, neither will your father forgive your offences.

⁴⁰ He who receiveth you, receiveth me; and he who receiveth me, receiveth him who sent me.

⁴⁸ In reply to which he said to him who told him, who is my mother? And who are my brethren? ⁴⁹ Then, stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother, and my brethren! ⁵⁰ for whoever will do the will of my father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

⁵ And whoever shall receive one such child in my name, receiveth me.

²¹ Then Peter accosting him, said, Master, how often is my brother to trespass against me and I to forgive him? Till seven times? ²² Jesus saith to him, I do not say to thee seven times, but seventy times seven. ²³ In this respect the reign of the heavens may be compared to a certain king who determined to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And having begun to settle; there was one brought to him, who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ And as he had not wherewithal to pay; his lord ordered him and his wife and all that he had, to be sold and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore falling prostrate before him, saith, Have patience with me, my lord, and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, dismissed him and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ And as that servant was going out, he met one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred deniars and seizing him by the throat, he said, Pay me what thou owest. ²⁹ His fellow servant therefore falling at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay thee all. ³⁰ And he would not; but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt. ³¹ When his fellow servants saw this they were deeply affected and went and told their lord all that was done. ³² Thereupon his lord having called him in, saith to him, Thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that debt at thy entreaty; ³³ shouldst thou not then have had compassion on thy fellow servant as I had on thee? ³⁴ So his lord, being incensed, delivered him to the executioners of justice until he should pay all that was due to him, ³⁵ Thus also will my heavenly father deal with you, if you do not from your hearts forgive, everyone the trespasses of his brother.

⁸ But as for you, be ye not called Rabbi; for one is your teacher, namely the Christ. Now as for you all, ye are brethren,

³⁰ and turn out this unprofitable servant into outer darkness; weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

⁴⁰ And the king in reply will say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done this to one of these my brethren, even the least, you have done it to me.

¹⁷ And one of the multitude answering, said, O! Teacher, I brought to thee this my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

²⁵ But when you stand praying, if you have any ground of complaint against any one, forgive him; that your father who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

²⁰ Accordingly he arose and went to his father. But he keeping yet at a distance, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁴ because this my son was dead and is come to life. He was indeed lost and is now found. So they began to be merry.

³² But we ought to feast and rejoice because this thy brother was dead and is come to life. He was indeed lost and is now found.

¹⁰ So when you have done all that you are commanded to do, say, We are servants who have conferred no favour; for we have only done what we were bound to do.

²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

¹⁷ So Ananias went and entered the house, and having laid his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, The Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee on the road as thou camest, hath sent me that thou mayst recover sight and be filled with a holy spirit.

³⁹ Accordingly Peter arose and went with them. And when he came they took him up to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him, weeping and shewing the tunicks and mantles which Dorcas had made while she was with them. ⁴⁰ Then Peter, having put them all out, kneeled down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. Upon which she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up. ⁴¹ Then Peter giving her his hand, helped her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her alive.

¹² Then, upon recollection, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where many were assembled and praying.

²⁵ and Barnabas and Saul, having fully performed their service, had returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John who was surnamed Mark.

¹³ Now Paul and his company, having taken their departure from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John having withdrawn from them, returned to Jerusalem.

³⁷ And Barnabas advised to take along with them, John surnamed Mark. ³⁸ But Paul did not think it proper to take along with them one who had quitted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ There was therefore a sharp dispute, so that they separated one from the other. And Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.

¹⁵ And when she and her household were baptized, she intreated us saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord come and lodge at my house. So she prevailed upon us.

²⁹ And the whole city was filled with confusion. And they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's fellow travellers.

² And having embarked in a vessel of Adramyttium, we set sail, intending to coast along the shores of Asia, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us.

²³ So having set him a day, they came to him at his lodging, in greater numbers; to whom he explained the kingdom of God, testifying and endeavouring to reconcile them to the things concerning Jesus, from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening.

⁷ to all who are at Rome, beloved of God, called and consecrated; favour be to you, and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ In the first place, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your belief is celebrated throughout the whole world.

¹² They are all gone aside; They are all together become vile; There is none who doth good; no, not one.

¹ therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice to God as your rational, religious service;

¹³ administering to the wants of the saints; cultivating hospitality:

²⁴ I will, when I take a journey to Spain, come to you. For I hope to see you on my way, and to be forwarded thither by you, when I shall have first been in some degree satisfied with your company. ²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem as an almoner to the saints. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor saints in Jerusalem.

³⁰ Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the spirit, to join with me in earnest supplications to God, for me; ³¹ that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea; and that this service of mine, which carrieth me to Jerusalem, may be acceptable to the saints, ³² that I may come to you with joy, by the will of God, and refresh myself with you.

⁵ Salute also the congregation at their house. Salute my beloved Epenetus, who is the first fruits of Achaia for Christ.

⁷ Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are in high repute among the apostles, and were in Christ before me.

²⁰ And the God of peace will soon bruise satan under your feet. The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

²³ Gaius, who entertaineth me and the whole congregation, saluteth you. Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, saluteth you: so doth Quartus the brother.

⁹ For we are fellow labourers belonging to God; you are God's field; you are his building.

¹⁵ For though you may have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet you have not many fathers; for by means of the glad tidings I am your father in Christ Jesus.

²² For he who is called by the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freedman; and in like manner he who is called being free, is the vassal of Christ.

¹ Am not I an apostle? Am not I free? Have not I seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? ² If to others I am not an apostle, yet surely I am to you. For your being in the Lord is the seal of my apostleship.

⁷ Who goeth to war any time at his own expenses? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of that flock?

¹⁷ for if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will I have been intrusted with an office, what then is the reward for me?

²⁵ and thus the secrets of his heart are laid open, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is indeed among you.

¹ Now, with respect to the collection which is for the saints, as I have directed in the congregations of Galatia, so do ye also.

¹⁷ Now I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because they have supplied to the full what was wanting on your part.

¹⁹ The congregations of Asia salute you. Aquilas, and Priscilla; and the congregation at their house, salute you with much affection in the Lord.

²¹ The salutation of me Paul with my own hand ²² If any one loveth not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be an Anathema. Maranatha.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the congregation of God which is at Corinth, together with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

¹¹ you joining the assistance of your prayers for us, that the favour granted to us for the sake of many may be acknowledged by many with thanksgiving on our behalf.

²⁴ not that we have dominion over your faith; but are joint promoters of your joy; for in this faith you have continued;

² For if I grieve you, who is there to gladden me? None, but he whom I have made sorrowful: ³ and I wrote to you for this 'very purpose, that, when I come, I may not have grief on account of them for whom I ought to rejoice; as I have a confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

² You yourselves are our letter. It hath been written in our hearts; it is known and read by all men.

¹² Having therefore such a hope, we use great plainness of speech,

²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God;

¹ and cooperating with him, we also exhort you that it may not be in vain that you have received this favour of God.

⁴ I use great freedom of speech to you. I have great boasting with regard to you. I am filled with comfort. I superabound with joy in all our affliction.

⁴ I use great freedom of speech to you. I have great boasting with regard to you. I am filled with comfort. I superabound with joy in all our affliction. ⁵ For when we arrived in Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted every way. Without were fightings; within, fears. ⁶ But God who comforteth them who are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ not barely however by his coming, but by the consolation with which he was comforted on your account, when he informed us of your longing desire, your bitter sorrow, your zeal for me; so that I was the more rejoiced;

¹³ We were therefore comforted for your comfort, and rejoiced the more exceedingly at the joy of Titus; because his spirit was refreshed by you all;

¹⁶ I rejoice therefore that I can wholly confide in you.

¹² For if there be a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath; not according to what he hath not.

²² And with them we have sent that brother of ours whose diligence in many affairs we have many a time experienced, and who is now more than ordinarily intent on this from the great confidence which he hath in you. ²³ Now with regard to Titus, he is my partner and fellow labourer for you; and as for our brethren, they are messengers of congregations, a glory of Christ.

⁵ Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort these brethren to go before to you, and to get your bounty, of which you had given previous notice, completed before hand, that so it may be ready as a bounty, not as an extorted gift.

⁷ let every one give as he is predisposed in his heart, not with regret, nor reluctance; for God loveth a cheerful giver:

¹² Because the distribution of this religious offering not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but also superaboundeth with many thanksgivings to God; ¹³ [by the experience of this distribution they glorify God for your avowed subjection to the glad tidings of the Christ;] therefore, for the liberality of this contribution for them and for all; ¹⁴ and for the supplication which is made for you by them who love you on account of the supereminent favour of God for you,

¹ Now I Paul myself exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, [I who when present am indeed lowly among you, but being absent am bold towards you] ² and I pray this; that I may not when I am present presume upon that confidence, with which I lay my account to act boldly against some who reckon us as walking after the flesh.

⁸ For though I should boast even somewhat more of this power of ours, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be put to shame.

²¹ In regard to reproach; as, "That we are weak"; I say that on whatever any one can presume [I speak foolishly] I can do the same.

¹⁴ [13:13] All the saints salute you. The favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all. Amen.

¹⁹ My dear children, for whom I again suffer pangs until Christ be formed in you

²⁸ Now we, brethren, are children of promise, as Isaak was. ²⁹ But as then he who was born in the ordinary course of nature persecuted him who was born in a spiritual manner,' even so it is now.

² Behold I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ will avail .you nothing.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but a belief made operative by love.

¹⁰ I have a confidence in the Lord with respect to you, that you will keep your minds bent on nothing else, and that he who troubleth you, whoever he may be, will bear the blame

¹¹ You see in what large letters I have written to you with my own hand.

¹⁸ Brethren, the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

² Favour be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ For this cause, having heard of the faith which you have in the Lord Jesus, and of your love for all the saints, ¹⁶ I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

¹ For this cause, with regard to me Paul the prisoner of the Christ, Jesus, for you the nations;

⁶ That the nations are coheirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of that promise of his in the Christ by means of the gospel,

¹ I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the call with which you have been called,

³² and be kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, forgiving one another. And as God hath in Christ forgiven you,

⁴ nor obscenity, nor foolish talking, nor jesting about things which are unbecoming; but rather thanksgiving.

⁵ Servants, obey them who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts, as you do the Christ ⁶ not with eye-service as men pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷ performing service with good will, as to the Lord and not to men;

²⁰ for which I am performing the office of an ambassador in a chain, that in this situation I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

³ I thank my God at every mention of you,

⁷ as it is just for me to be thus affected towards you all, because you have me in your heart; and in my bonds and in the defence and support of the glad tidings you all continue to be fellow sharers with me of this favour. ⁸ For God be my witness how tenderly I love you all with the affection of Jesus Christ; ⁹ and this I pray that your love may abound still more and more, in knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ that you may prove the things which differ"that you may be sincere and inoffensive till the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled with fruits of righteousness, which are by means of Jesus Christ, for the glory and praise of God.

¹⁹ For I know that this will issue in my deliverance, through your supplications and a supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ,

²⁵ And being confident of this, I know that I shall abide and continue some time with you all for your furtherance and joy in the faith; ²⁶ that by me your glorying in Christ Jesus may abound, by means of my being present with you again.

¹ if therefore there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any participation of spirit, if any compassion and tender mercies, ² complete my joy. In order that you may be like minded, exercising the same love, having your souls knit together, your minds bent on the one thing

²⁴ And I have a confidence in the Lord that I myself shall come very soon. ²⁵ But I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother, and fellow labourer and fellow soldier, and your missionary and agent to supply my want;

³⁰ because he was on the brink of death, for the work of the Christ, having exposed his life that he might supply the want of your religious service for me.

¹ Wherefore, my brethren, my beloved, and much longed for! my joy and my crown! stand thus stedfast in the Lord, my beloved!

³ And I intreat thee also, my faithful colleague, assist them; for they were fellow labourers of mine in the gospel, with Clement in particular, and the rest of mv fellow labourers whose names are in the book of life.

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things,

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy the brother,

³ We give thanks to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you, ⁴ [having heard of your belief in Christ Jesus, and of your love for all the saints]

⁷ as you learned it from Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Christ,

⁹ For this cause, we indeed, from the day we heard of it do not cease praying for you, and requesting, in order that you may be filled, in respect to the acknowledgment of his will

²² Servants, obey in all respects them who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men pleasers, but with singleness of heart, fearing God;

⁹ together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will inform you of the state of all things here. ¹⁰ Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, saluteth you. So doth Marcus the nephew of Barnabas, concerning whom you have received letters of recommendation, If he come to you, receive him. ¹¹ Jesus also, who is called Justus, saluteth you. These are the only persons of the circumcision who are my fellow labourers for the kingdom of God. These have been a comfort to me. ¹² Epaphras who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always in his prayers making the most fervent supplications for you, that you may stand perfect and confirmed in all the will of God.

¹⁴ Luke the physician, the beloved, saluteth you: so doth Demas. ¹⁵ Salute the brethren at Laodicea, particularly Nymphas and the congregation at his house.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Be careful to discharge the office which thou hast received from the Lord.

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, ³ remembering incessantly the work of your belief, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father;

² Though we indeed had suffered before, and had been treated injuriously, as you know, at Philippi; we had the courage, by the help of our God, to declare to you the glad tidings of God with much earnestness.

⁶ nor were we seeking human glory either from you or from others. We might have appeared with weight as Christ's apostles;

¹³ On this account also we give thanks to God continually, because, when you received from us this message of God, you embraced it, not as a word of men, but, as it really is, a word of God, which operateth with powerful effect in you who believe.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or will be our joy, or crown of rejoicing? Will it not be you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or will be our joy, or crown of rejoicing? Will it not be you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ For you are our glory and our joy.

² and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the glad tidings of the Christ, to establish you and comfort you concerning your belief;

⁷ we therefore, brethren, under all our affliction and distress are comforted in respect to you, by your faith. ⁸ Now because we live if you continue stedfast in the Lord, ⁹ what thanks then can we render to God respecting you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account, in the presence of our God;

⁹ what thanks then can we render to God respecting you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account, in the presence of our God;

¹ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

³ We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit; because your faith increaseth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards one another aboundeth:

⁴ and we have this hope in the Lord with regard to you, that you both do, and will do, what we tell you.

² to Timothy, my genuine son by belief, be favour, mercy, peace from God our father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

² And let not those who have believing masters disregard them because they are brethren, but serve them the more, because they who receive the good service are believers, and beloved. Teach these things, and enforce them by exhortation.

³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I have so uninterruptedly the remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day,

⁸ Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner on his account; but share with me in affliction for the glad tidings, according to the power of God,

¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of this chain of mine;

³ Do thou therefore endure hardships as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one going to war entangleth himself with worldly affairs, that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

¹⁰ For Demas, from a love for this world, hath forsaken me, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens, to Galatia; Titus, to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Luke alone is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for attendance,

¹¹ Luke alone is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for attendance,

²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. The favour be with you. Amen.

⁴ to Titus, a genuine son according to the common faith, be favour, mercy, peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

¹⁴ And let our brethren learn to be foremost in good works on all needful occasions, that they may not be unfruitful.

¹ Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ, and Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our beloved, and fellow labourer,

¹ Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ, and Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our beloved, and fellow labourer,

¹ Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ, and Timothy, the brother, to Philemon our beloved, and fellow labourer, ² and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the congregation in thy house;

² and to Apphia the beloved, and to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the congregation in thy house; ³ favour be to you, and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, ⁵ hearing of the faith which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, of thy love for all the saints, ⁶ so that every good man among you must acknowledge that thy participation of the faith is operative for Christ Jesus. [Or literally, "that thy participation of the faith may, in the acknowledgment of every good man among you, be operative for Christ Jesus."] ⁷ For we have great joy and comfort for this love of thine, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

⁷ For we have great joy and comfort for this love of thine, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. ⁸ Wherefore though I have much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fit;

⁸ Wherefore though I have much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fit; ⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ,

⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ,

⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ I entreat thee in respect to this son of mine whom I have begotten in my bonds; namely, Onesimus,

¹⁰ I entreat thee in respect to this son of mine whom I have begotten in my bonds; namely, Onesimus, ¹¹ who was formerly unprofitable to thee; but is now profitable both to thee and me ¹² whom I have sent back; do thou then receive him kindly, that is, as one whom I tenderly love,

¹² whom I have sent back; do thou then receive him kindly, that is, as one whom I tenderly love, ¹³ whom I was determining to keep with me that for thee he might wait on me during my being in bonds for the glad tidings; ¹⁴ but I would not do any thing without thy consent, that the benefit derived from thee might not be as it were forced, but of free will. ¹⁵ For perhaps he was separated from thee for a short time for this very purpose, that thou mightest have him ever after, ¹⁶ not as a slave, but above a slave, as a brother beloved in a special manner by me, [and how much more ought he to be by thee] both in flesh, and in the Lord. ¹⁷ If therefore thou esteemest me as a companion, receive him as thou wouldst myself. ¹⁸ And if he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee any thing, place it to my account. ¹⁹ I Paul myself have written with my own hand. I will make compensation. Not to mention to thee that thou owest me even thine own self. ²⁰ I beseech thee, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: gratify my tender affections in the Lord.

²⁰ I beseech thee, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: gratify my tender affections in the Lord. ²¹ I have written to thee in a confidence of thy compliance, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I express. ²² In the mean while prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that, by means of your prayers, I shall be granted to you. ²³ Epaphras my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, ²⁴ Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers, salute thee.

²⁴ Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers, salute thee. ²⁵ The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

¹ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly invitation, consider attentively this apostle and chief priest of our profession, [namely] Christ Jesus

¹⁴ [for we are made associates of the Christ if we retain the beginning of this confidence firm to the end]

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work, and the labour of that love which you have shewn for his name, by the assistance which you have given and continue to give to the saints.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and yield to them [for they are watching over your souls,[as they who must give an account] that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for this would be unprofitable for you.

²³ You know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty, with whom, if he come soon, I will see you.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him?

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brethren, though one should say he hath belief, when he hath not works? Can that belief save him?

¹⁷ Just so it is in respect to this belief, if it hath not works; being by itself it is dead.

¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.

¹⁹ Brethren, if any among you hath wandered from the truth and another hath brought him back, ²⁰ let him know that he who hath brought back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

⁵ who are, during belief, kept safely by the power of God, for a deliverance prepared to be revealed in the last time; ⁶ in whom you exult with joy though you are now for a little while, if it be necessary, distressed with divers trials; ⁷ in order that your faith, which hath stood the test and is much more precious than gold which is of a perishable nature though tried by fire, may be found praise worthy, and honourable, and glorious, at the manifestation of Jesus Christ, ⁸ whom without knowing him personally you love; in whom though you do not now see him, yet you believe, and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorified joy,

²² Having, in obedience to the truth, purified your souls by the spirit for an unfeigned brotherly affection, love one another fervently with a pure heart, ²³ as you have been born again not of corruptible but of incorruptible seed, by the word of God, which liveth and endureth forever.

¹⁰ you who formerly were not a people but are now the people of God who were uncompassionated, but are now compassionated ¹¹ beloved; I beseech you as strangers and sojourners to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul: ¹² let your behaviour among the nations be virtuous, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who have been eye witnesses may from your good works glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹ In like manner ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, that if any of them disbelieve the word they may by the deportment of their wives, without a word, be won over,

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame.

¹ With regard to the elders among you, being myself a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory about to be revealed, I give them this exhortation ² Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind; ³ not as exercising dominion over the lots, but as being examples to the flock.

⁸ for these being in you, and abounding, dispose you to be neither idle nor unfruitful for the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ:

³ that which we have seen and heard, we announce to you, that you also may have communion with us. Now this communion of ours is with the Father, and with his son Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Whosoever hath worldly substance, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

²³ Now this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he hath commanded us.

¹ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one who loveth him who begat, loveth him also who is begotten of him;

¹ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one who loveth him who begat, loveth him also who is begotten of him; ² by this we know that we love the children of God. While we love God, we keep his commandments;

⁴ I was greatly rejoiced because I found some of thy children walking in truth, as we received a commandment from the Father.

¹² Having many things to write to you, I determined not to commit them to paper and ink; but I hope to come to you, and deliver them by word of mouth, that our joy may be complete.

³ For I was greatly rejoiced at the coming of the brethren, who bear testimony to thy truth, as thou walkest in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth. ⁵ Beloved, thou actest as a believer, in what thou dost for the brethren, and for the strangers, ⁶ who have borne testimony for thy love, in the presence of the congregation whom thou wilt do well to forward on in their journey in a manner worthy of God;

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

¹⁴ but I hope to see thee soon, when we shall speak face to face. Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.