,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul ,,to  
,,philemon    ,philemon1 a noble citizen
 of ,colossa1 had a servant named       
,onesimus1 who  robbed him and fled to  
,rome1 where he met ,st4 ,paul1 who was 
then a  prisoner there the first time4  

,the apostle took compassion on him and 
received him with tenderness and        
converted him to the faith2 for he was  
a ,gentile before4  ,st4 ,paul sends him
 back to his master with this  ,epistle 
in his favour3 and though he beseeches  
,philemon to pardon him1  yet the       
,apostle writes with becoming dignity   
and authority4 ,it contains  divers     
profitable instructions and points out  
the charity and humanity  that masters  
should have for their servants4         
,philemon ,chapter #a    ,he commends   
the faith and charity of ,philemon2 and 
sends back to him his  fugitive servant1
 whom he had converted in prison4       
#a3a4 ,paul1 a prisoner of ,christ      
,jesus1 and ,timothy1 a brother3 to     
,philemon1 our beloved and fellow       
labourer1    #a3b4 ,and to ,appia1 our  
dearest sister1 and to ,archippus1 our  
fellow  soldier1 and to the church which
 is in thy house4    #a3c4 ,grace to you
 and peace1 from ,god our ,father and   
from the ,lord ,jesus  ,christ4    #a3d4

 ,i give thanks to my ,god1 always      
making a remembrance of thee in my      
prayers4    #a3e4 ,hearing of thy       
charity and faith1 which thou hast in   
the ,lord ,jesus  and towards all the   
saints3    #a3f4 ,that the communication
 of thy faith may be made evident in the
  acknowledgment of every good work that
 is in you in ,christ ,jesus4    #a3g4  
,for ,i have had great joy and          
consolation in thy charity1 because  the
 bowels of the saints have been         
refreshed by thee1 brother4    #a3h4    
,wherefore1 though ,i have much         
confidence in ,christ ,jesus to command 
thee that which is to the purpose3      
#a3i4 ,for charity sake ,i rather       
beseech1 whereas thou art such a one1 as
  ,paul1 an old man and now a prisoner  
also of ,jesus ,christ4    #a3aj4 ,i    
beseech thee for my son1 whom ,i have   
begotten in my bands1  ,onesimus1       
#a3aa4 ,who hath been heretofore        
unprofitable to thee but now is         
profitable both to me and thee3         

#a3ab4 ,whom ,i have sent back to thee4 
,and do thou receive him as my own      
bowels4    #a3ac4 ,whom ,i would have   
retained with me1 that in thy stead he  
might  have ministered to me in the     
bands of the gospel4    #a3ad4 ,but     
without thy counsel ,i would do nothing3
 that thy good deed  might not be as it 
were of necessity1 but voluntary4       
#a3ae4 ,for perhaps he therefore        
departed for a season from thee that    
thou  mightest receive him again for    
ever3    #a3af4 ,not now as a servant1  
but instead of a servant1 a most dear   
brother1 especially to me4 ,but how much
 more to thee1 both in the flesh  and in
 the ,lord8    #a3ag4 ,if therefore thou
 count me a partner1 receive him as     
myself4    #a3ah4 ,and if he hath       
wronged thee in any thing or is in thy  
debt1 put  that to my account4    #a3ai4
 ,i ,paul have written it with my own   
hand3 ,i will repay it3 not to  say to  
thee that thou owest me thy own self    
also4    #a3bj4 ,yea1 brother4 ,may ,i  

enjoy thee in the ,lord6 ,refresh my    
bowels in  the ,lord4    #a3ba4         
,trusting in thy obedience1 ,i have     
written to thee3 knowing that  thou wilt
 also do more than ,i say4    #a3bb4    
,but withal prepare me also a lodging4  
,for ,i hope that through your  prayers 
,i shall be given unto you4    #a3bc4   
,there salute thee ,epaphras1 my fellow 
prisoner in ,christ ,jesus3    #a3bd4   
,mark1 ,aristarchus1 ,demas and ,luke1  
my fellow labourers4    #a3be4 ,the     
grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ be    
with your spirit4 ,amen4