Philemon 1 Cross References - WPNT

¹ Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy, to the beloved Philemon, our fellow worker, ² and to the beloved Apphia and our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the congregation at your (sg) house: ³ Grace to you (pl) and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ I always thank my God as I make mention of you (sg) in my prayers, ⁵ hearing of your love and faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus, and for all the saints, ⁶ so that the sharing of your (sg) faith may become powerful through a full understanding of every good thing that is among you (pl) who are in Christ Jesus; ⁷ yes, we have much thanksgiving and encouragement because of your (sg) love, in that the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. ⁸ Now then, though I have all boldness in Christ to order you (sg) to do what is right, ⁹ I—being none other than Paul the old man and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ—would rather appeal to you, for love’s sake. ¹⁰ I appeal to you on behalf of the son that I begot while in my chains, Onesimus, whom I am sending back ¹¹ —formerly he was unprofitable to you, but now he is profitable, both to you and to me. ¹² So receive him, who is my very heart ¹³ —I would have liked to keep him with me, so that he might minister to me in your place, while I’m in chains for the Gospel, ¹⁴ but I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your contribution might be voluntary, not as an imposition. ¹⁵ Perhaps this is why he was removed for a while, so that you would have him forever ¹⁶ —no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, very much to me but even more to you, both in flesh and in the Lord. ¹⁷ So if you consider me a partner, receive him as if it were me. ¹⁸ If he wronged you or owes anything, charge it to me. ¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing with my own hand, “I will repay” (rather than say to you that you actually owe me your very self!). ²⁰ Yes brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord. ²¹ Being confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you (sg) will do even more than I say. ²² But meanwhile, do prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your (pl) prayers I will be graciously bestowed on you (pl). ²³ Epaphras, my fellow prisoner for Christ Jesus, greets you (sg), ²⁴ as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers. ²⁵ The grace of our Lord Jesus be with your (pl) spirit. Amen.

¹⁶ So also let your light shine before the people so that they may see your good works and may glorify your Father in the heavens.

¹⁴ For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive people their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

⁴⁰ “The one receiving you receives me, and the one receiving me receives the One who sent me.

⁴⁸ But in answer He said to the one who told Him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” ⁴⁹ And stretching out His hand toward His disciples He said: “Here are my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

⁵ “Whoever receives one little child like this in my name, receives me;

²¹ Then Peter approached Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him; up to seven times?” ²² Jesus says to him: “Not, I tell you, up to seven, but up to seventy-seven times! ²³ “Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And as he began to settle up, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But since he had nothing with which to repay, his lord commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and everything he had, so as to be repaid. ²⁶ So then the servant fell down and did obeisance to him saying, ‘Lord, be patient with me and I will repay you all’. ²⁷ So the lord of that servant, having compassion, released him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸ “But when that servant went out he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and grabbing him he started choking him saying, ‘Pay me back what you owe!’ ²⁹ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and kept begging him saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay you back’. ³⁰ But he would not; instead he went and threw him into prison until he should pay back what was owed. ³¹ But when his fellow servants saw what had happened they were really grieved, and they went and reported to their lord everything that had happened. ³² Then summoning him the lord says to him: ‘Malignant servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. ³³ Were you also not obligated to have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴ So in anger the lord handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed to him. ³⁵ “My heavenly Father will handle you just like that, if each of you does not forgive his brother his trespasses, from the heart.”

⁸ “But you (pl.), do not be called ‘Rabbi’; because your Teacher is one, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

³⁰ And throw out the useless servant, into the darkness farthest out!’ There there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴⁰ And in answer the King will say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

¹⁷ In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.

²⁵ “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your trespasses.

²⁰ “So he got up and went to his own father. But while he was still a good ways off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion—he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him!

²⁴ because this son of mine was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

³² But it was right that we celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found.’”

¹⁰ So likewise you, whenever you have done everything you were told to do, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves, because we have only done what we were supposed to’.”

²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to happen.

¹⁷ So Ananias went and entered the house, and placing his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled by Holy Spirit.”

³⁹ So Peter got up and went with them; upon arriving they took him up to the upper room; all the widows stood around him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas was making while she was with them. ⁴⁰ So Peter put them all out, kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, get up!” So she opened her eyes, and upon seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Then he gave her a hand and lifted her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

¹² Upon reflection he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (the one called Mark), where a considerable number had gathered and were praying.

²⁵ Now Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch, having fulfilled their mission, also taking with them John, the one called Mark.

¹³ Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphilia (here John left them and returned to Jerusalem).

³⁷ Now Barnabas resolved to take John (the one called Mark) along as well. ³⁸ But Paul insisted on not taking someone who had deserted them in Pamphilia and not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ Well the contention became so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus;

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she appealed saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay”. So she persuaded us.

²⁹ So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed into the theater with one accord (they had seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s traveling companions).

² So we embarked in a ship of Atramytium, being about to sail to points along the Asian coast, and we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

²³ So arranging a day with him, even more people came to him at his lodging, to whom he kept expounding from morning until evening: solemnly testifying about the Kingdom of God and trying to convince them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

⁷ to all the called saints who are in Rome, beloved of God: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

¹² All have turned aside, together they have been made useless; there is no one who shows kindness, no, not so much as one.”

¹ Now then, brothers, I exhort you, in view of God’s compassions, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, satisfying to God—your intelligent duty.

¹³ distributing to the needs of the saints; practicing hospitality.

²⁴ whenever I travel to Spain I will come to you. Because I hope to see you while passing through, and to be sent on my way there by you, if I may first enjoy your company for a while. ²⁵ Now, however, I am traveling to Jerusalem, serving the saints. ²⁶ Because Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

³⁰ Now I implore you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf, ³¹ that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service to Jerusalem may be well received by the saints; ³² so that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and be refreshed together with you.

⁵ And greet the congregation that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the first convert to Christ from Achaia.

⁷ Greet Andronicus and Junias, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

²⁰ The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

²³ Gaius, host to me and the whole congregation, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, as does brother Quartus.

⁹ Yes, we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s ‘field’, God’s ‘building’.

¹⁵ Because even if you were to have thousands of tutors in Christ, you would not have many fathers, because I am the one who begot you in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel.

²² For the one in the Lord who was called while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Similarly, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.

¹ Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? ² If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

⁷ Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

¹⁷ (If I do this of my own volition, I have a reward; but if otherwise, I have been entrusted with a commission.)

²⁵ And thus the secrets of his heart are exposed, and so, falling on his face he will worship God, affirming, “Truly God is among you.”

¹ Now concerning the collection for the saints, you must do just as I instructed the congregations in Galatia.

¹⁷ I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they have supplied;

¹⁹ The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the congregation in their house, greet you warmly in the Lord.

²¹ I, Paul, personally sign this greeting. ²² If anyone does not love our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord is coming!

¹ Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy, to the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

¹¹ you also adding your cooperation in prayer, on our behalf; that thanks may be given by many persons for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, on your behalf.

²⁴ (Not that we have control over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for it is by faith that you stand firm.)

² For if I make you sorrowful, then who will make me glad, besides the one whom I made sorrowful? ³ And I wrote this very thing to you so as not to have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, when I come, having confidence in you all that my joy is also yours.

² You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all men;

¹² Therefore, since we have such a hope, we use great boldness of speech—

²⁰ So then, we are Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God!

¹ So working together we really urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain,

⁴ I have great confidence in you; I do a lot of boasting about you. I am filled with encouragement, overflowing with joy in spite of all our affliction.

⁴ I have great confidence in you; I do a lot of boasting about you. I am filled with encouragement, overflowing with joy in spite of all our affliction. ⁵ Now indeed, when we came into Macedonia we had no physical rest, but were surrounded by affliction—conflicts on the outside, fears on the inside. ⁶ But the God who encourages the lowly encouraged us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ and not only by his coming, but also by how much he was encouraged over you as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal in my stead, so that I rejoiced even more.

¹³ We have been encouraged by all this. Because of your encouragement, we rejoiced all the more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

¹⁶ I am so glad that I have complete confidence in you.

¹² (because when the intention is presented, it is acceptable according to what one may have, not what he doesn’t have).

²² Further, we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but now much more so, because of our great confidence in you. ²³ As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker toward you; as for our brothers, they are envoys of the congregations, a glory of Christ.

⁵ So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go to you in advance and finish preparing the ‘blessing’ you had promised, that it be ready, representing generosity and not stinginess.

⁷ Each one should give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a glad giver.

¹² Because the administration of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God ¹³ —on the basis of the proof that this service gives, they are glorifying God for the obedience of your confession into the Gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your sharing with them and everybody— ¹⁴ and in their prayer for you, longing for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

¹ Now I, Paul, am myself appealing to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am ‘humble when present’ among you, but ‘bold when absent’ toward you). ² Yes, I beg you, that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that I will ‘dare’ to visit upon some who think that we are walking in a fleshly manner.

⁸ Now even if I boast a little to excess about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up, not to tear you down), I will not act ashamed,

²¹ Is it disrespectful to say that we were ‘weak’? In whatever anyone is bold (I speak foolishly) I am bold also.

¹⁴ The grace 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 again in travail until Christ is formed in you

²⁸ Now we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. ²⁹ But, it is the same now as it was then: the one born according to flesh persecutes the one born according to Spirit.

² Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you get circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

⁶ Because in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

¹⁰ I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will not think differently; but he who troubles you will bear the penalty, whoever he may be.

¹¹ See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand.

¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Because of this, having heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I really don’t stop giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

⁶ that the Gentiles are joint-heirs, of the same body, and fellow partakers of His promise in the Christ through the Gospel,

¹ So then, as the prisoner in the Lord I urge you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

³² Rather, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as in Christ God forgave you.

⁴ nor any obscenity, nor foolish talk or coarse joking (that do not belong), but rather thanksgiving.

⁵ Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; ⁶ not only when being watched, to please men, but as slaves of the Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; ⁷ serving with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men,

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to do.

³ I thank my God every time I remember you;

⁷ just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel you all are partakers with me of grace. ⁸ God is my witness how I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ. ⁹ This is what I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more in real knowledge and full discernment, ¹⁰ for you to identify the things that really matter; that you may be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ, ¹¹ having been filled with the fruits of righteousness that are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁹ You see, I know that this will turn out for my deliverance (through your supplication and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ)

²⁵ So having been persuaded of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, ²⁶ so that your rejoicing over me may be more abundant in Christ Jesus, through my coming to you again.

¹ Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship from the Spirit, if any tenderness and acts of compassion, ² make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

²⁴ Still, I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon. ²⁵ However, I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker and fellow soldier; also your messenger and minister to my need;

³⁰ because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to complete what was lacking in your service toward me.

¹ So then, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, do stand fast in the Lord in this way, dear ones.

³ Yes, I urge you too, loyal Syzygus, help these women who labored with me in the Gospel, and with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are commendable—whatever is of excellent character and whatever is praiseworthy—ponder these things.

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

³ We always give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ when we pray for you ⁴ (having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love toward all the saints),

⁷ even as you learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,

⁹ For this very reason, since the day we heard of it, we have not stopped praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the real knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

²² Slaves, obey your masters (according to the flesh) in all things, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

⁹ with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you; they will tell you everything that is happening here. ¹⁰ Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him), ¹¹ and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers for the Kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have been a comfort to me. ¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ, greets you; he is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

¹⁴ Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas. ¹⁵ Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the congregation at his house.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, “See to it that you complete the work that you received in the Lord.”

² We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers, ³ continually remembering before our God and Father your work for the Faith and your labor coming from the Love and your perseverance based on the Hope, our Lord Jesus Christ being their source,

² Rather, in spite of having already suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, we made bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God, in the face of strong opposition.

⁶ or to seek glory from men (whether from you or from others) —as apostles of Christ we could have been ‘heavy’,

¹³ Another reason we give thanks to God continually is that when you received from us the spoken word of God, you welcomed it not as the word of men but, as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed operative in you who believe.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not precisely you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not precisely you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? ²⁰ Indeed, you are our glory and our joy.

² and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, also our fellow worker in the Gospel of Christ, to confirm you and encourage you concerning your faith,

⁷ —because of this, brothers, in all our affliction and distress we were encouraged about you by your faith; ⁸ for now we live, if you are standing firm in the Lord. ⁹ With what thankfulness can we repay God for you, for all the joy with which we are rejoicing in the presence of our God because of you;

⁹ With what thankfulness can we repay God for you, for all the joy with which we are rejoicing in the presence of our God because of you;

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

³ We are obligated to always give thanks to God about you, brothers, and properly so, because your faith is really growing, and the love of each and every one of you towards each other keeps increasing;

⁴ We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.

² to Timothy, true son in faith: Grace, mercy, peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

² Those who have owners who are believers must not disregard them because they are brothers; instead they must serve them even better, because those receiving the good service are believers and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

³ I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience like my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers, night and day,

⁸ So don’t be ashamed to identify with our Lord or with me His prisoner, but join in suffering for the Gospel according to the power of God

¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorous, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

³ You therefore are to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. ⁴ No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; he wants to please the one who enlisted him.

¹⁰ for Demas, loving this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica—Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.

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

²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The Grace be with you. Amen.

⁴ to Titus, a true son in a common faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from Father God and Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.

¹⁴ And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet pressing needs, that they not be unfruitful.

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

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

¹ Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy, to the beloved Philemon, our fellow worker, ² and to the beloved Apphia and our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the congregation at your (sg) house:

² and to the beloved Apphia and our fellow soldier Archippus, and to the congregation at your (sg) house: ³ Grace to you (pl) and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ I always thank my God as I make mention of you (sg) in my prayers, ⁵ hearing of your love and faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus, and for all the saints, ⁶ so that the sharing of your (sg) faith may become powerful through a full understanding of every good thing that is among you (pl) who are in Christ Jesus; ⁷ yes, we have much thanksgiving and encouragement because of your (sg) love, in that the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

⁷ yes, we have much thanksgiving and encouragement because of your (sg) love, in that the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. ⁸ Now then, though I have all boldness in Christ to order you (sg) to do what is right,

⁸ Now then, though I have all boldness in Christ to order you (sg) to do what is right, ⁹ I—being none other than Paul the old man and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ—would rather appeal to you, for love’s sake.

⁹ I—being none other than Paul the old man and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ—would rather appeal to you, for love’s sake.

⁹ I—being none other than Paul the old man and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ—would rather appeal to you, for love’s sake. ¹⁰ I appeal to you on behalf of the son that I begot while in my chains, Onesimus, whom I am sending back

¹⁰ I appeal to you on behalf of the son that I begot while in my chains, Onesimus, whom I am sending back ¹¹ —formerly he was unprofitable to you, but now he is profitable, both to you and to me. ¹² So receive him, who is my very heart

¹² So receive him, who is my very heart ¹³ —I would have liked to keep him with me, so that he might minister to me in your place, while I’m in chains for the Gospel, ¹⁴ but I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your contribution might be voluntary, not as an imposition. ¹⁵ Perhaps this is why he was removed for a while, so that you would have him forever ¹⁶ —no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, very much to me but even more to you, both in flesh and in the Lord. ¹⁷ So if you consider me a partner, receive him as if it were me. ¹⁸ If he wronged you or owes anything, charge it to me. ¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing with my own hand, “I will repay” (rather than say to you that you actually owe me your very self!). ²⁰ Yes brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

²⁰ Yes brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord. ²¹ Being confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you (sg) will do even more than I say. ²² But meanwhile, do prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your (pl) prayers I will be graciously bestowed on you (pl). ²³ Epaphras, my fellow prisoner for Christ Jesus, greets you (sg), ²⁴ as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.

²⁴ as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers. ²⁵ The grace of our Lord Jesus be with your (pl) spirit. Amen.

¹ So then, holy brothers, you who share in the celestial calling, do contemplate the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ!

¹⁴ For we have become associates of the Christ, if, that is, we hold fast the beginning of the Endeavor firm to the end,

¹⁰ Because God is not unjust so as to ignore your work, even the labor of love you have invested in His name, in that you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who must give account, so that they may do it with joy and not sighing (which would be unprofitable for you).

¹⁹ I especially urge you to do this so that I may be restored to you more quickly.

²³ Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you, if he comes quickly.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those loving Him?

¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? That faith can’t save him, can it?

¹⁷ Thus also that faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself.

¹⁶ Confess your transgressions to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous one, being operative, is very powerful.

¹⁹ Brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth, and someone should turn him back, ²⁰ let him know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will deliver a soul from death and will remove from sight a multitude of sins.

⁵ who are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ You should be overjoyed about this, even if just now, briefly, of necessity, you have been distressed by a variety of trials, ⁷ so that the demonstrated genuineness of your faith (much more precious than gold that perishes, albeit tested through fire) may translate into praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ ⁸ —whom not having understood you love, into whom believing (not yet seeing) you exult with joy inexpressible, already glorified,

²² Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit, resulting in sincere brotherly love, you must love one another fervently from a pure heart, ²³ having been begotten again, not from a corruptible seed but an incorruptible, through the living Word of God that remains valid forever.

¹⁰ who formerly were not a people but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. ¹¹ Dear ones, I urge you to abstain from the lusts of the flesh, that war against the soul, ¹² keeping your way of life among the nations praiseworthy (you being foreigners and sojourners), so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, in spite of the praiseworthy deeds they have observed, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹ Similarly, wives, be submissive to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the Word, they may be won over, without a word, by the conduct of their wives

¹⁶ keeping a good conscience, so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, those who revile your good way of life in Christ may be put to shame.

¹ The elders who are among you I exhort, I, the fellow elder and witness of Christ’s sufferings; also the partaker of the glory that is to be revealed: ² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers willingly, not under compulsion; not for dishonest gain but freely; ³ neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

⁸ Because with these things existing and increasing in you, it makes you to be neither useless nor unfruitful in the real knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us; indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Now whoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart toward him—how does the love of God abide in him?

²³ Now this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded.

¹ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten by God; also, whoever loves the Begetter should love the one begotten by Him as well.

¹ Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten by God; also, whoever loves the Begetter should love the one begotten by Him as well. ² In this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.

⁴ It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.

¹² Although I had many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so with paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

³ Because it gave me great joy when some brothers came and testified to the truth about you, how you are walking 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 Dear one, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, and for the strangers ⁶ who testified to your love before the church—you will do well by sending them on their way in a manner worthy of God,

⁸ We therefore ought to welcome such, so that we may work together for the Truth.

¹⁴ rather I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name.