,weymouth ,new ,testament in ,modern    
,speech1 ,philemon  ,third ,edition     
#aiac    ,r4 ,f4 ,weymouth     ,book #eg
 ,philemon  #jja3jja ,paul1 a prisoner  
for ,christ ,jesus1 and ,timothy our    
brother3         ,to ,philemon our      
dearly-loved fellow labourer--  #jja3jjb
 and to our sister ,apphia and our      
comrade ,archippus--         as well as 
to the ,church in your house4  #jja3jjc 
,may grace be granted to you all1 and   
peace1 from ,god our ,father         and
 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #jja3jjd ,i 
give continual thanks to my ,god while  
making mention of you1         my       
brother1 in my prayers1  #jja3jje       
because ,i hear of your love and of the 
faith which you         have towards the
 ,lord ,jesus and which you manifest    
towards         all ,god's people2      
#jja3jjf praying as ,i do1 that their   
participation in your faith may         
result in others fully recognizing all  
the right affection         that is in  
us toward ,christ4  #jja3jjg ,for ,i    

have found great joy and comfort in your
 love1         because the hearts of    
,god's people have been1 and are1       
refreshed through you1 my brother4      
#jja3jjh ,therefore1 though ,i might    
with ,christ's authority speak          
very freely and order you to do what is 
fitting1  #jja3jji it is for love's sake
 that--instead of that--although ,i am  
none other than ,paul the aged1 and am  
now also a prisoner         for ,christ 
,jesus1  #jja3jaj ,i entreat you on     
behalf of my own child whose father ,i  
have         become while in my         
chains--,i mean ,onesimus4  #jja3jaa    
,formerly he was useless to you1 but    
now--true to his name--         he is of
 great use to you and to me4  #jja3jab  
,i am sending him back to you1 though in
 so doing ,i send         part of       
myself4  #jja3jac ,it was my wish to    
keep him at my side for him to attend   
to my wants1 as your representative1    
during my imprisonment         for the  
,good ,news4  #jja3jad ,only ,i wished  

to do nothing without your consent1 so  
that         his kind action of yours   
might not be done under pressure1       
but might be a voluntary one4  #jja3jae 
,for perhaps it was for this reason he  
was parted from you for a time1         
that you might receive him back wholly  
and for ever yours2  #jja3jaf no longer 
as a slave1 but as something better than
 a slave--         a brother peculiarly 
dear to me1 and even dearer to you1     
both as a servant and as a fellow       
,christian4  #jja3jag ,if therefore you 
regard me as a comrade1 receive him as  
if         he were ,i myself4  #jja3jah 
,and if he was ever dishonest or is in  
your debt1 debit me         with the    
amount4  #jja3jai ,i ,paul write this   
with my own hand--,i will pay you in    
full4         7,i say nothing of the    
fact that you owe me even your own      
self47  #jja3jbj ,yes1 brother1 do me   
this favour for the ,lord's sake4       
,refresh my heart in ,christ4  #jja3jba 
,i write to you in the full confidence  

that you will meet my wishes1           
for ,i know you will do even more than  
,i say4  #jja3jbb ,and at the same time 
provide accommodation for me2 for ,i    
hope         that through your prayers  
,i shall be permitted to come to you4   
#jja3jbc ,greetings to you1 my brother1 
from ,epaphras my fellow prisoner       
for the sake of ,christ ,jesus2         
#jja3jbd and from ,mark1 ,aristarchus1  
,demas1 and ,luke1 my fellow workers4   
#jja3jbe ,may the grace of our ,lord    
,jesus ,christ be with the spirit       
of every one of you4