1. Greetings from Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, our brother. To Philemon, our dear friend and worker with us.
2. Also to our sister Apphia, to Archippus, who serves with us in the Lord’s army, and to the church that meets in your home.
3. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4. I remember you in my prayers. And I always thank my God for you.
5. I thank God because I hear about the love you have for all of God’s holy people and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.
6. I pray that the faith you share will make you understand every blessing we have in Christ.
7. My brother, you have shown love to God’s people, and your help has greatly encouraged them. What a great joy and encouragement that has been to me.
8. There is something that you should do. And because of the authority I have in Christ, I feel free to command you to do it.
9. But I am not commanding you; I am asking you to do it out of love. I, Paul, am an old man now, and I am a prisoner for Christ Jesus.