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Scripture Context
Philemon 1:4 - Philemon 1:14
4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which in convenient,
9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds;
11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me;
12 Whom I have sent again; thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels;
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel;
14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.