Philemon 1

1PaulΠαῦλοςa prisonerδέσμιοςof ChristΧριστοῦJesusἸησοῦandκαὶTimothyΤιμόθεος[our]ὁbrotherἀδελφὸςTo PhilemonΦιλήμονιtheτῷbelovedἀγαπητῷandκαὶfellow workerσυνεργῷof usἡμῶν

2andκαὶto ApphiaἈπφίᾳourτῇsisterἀδελφῇandκαὶto ArchippusἈρχίππῳtheτῷfellow soldierσυστρατιώτῃof usἡμῶνandκαὶto theτῇatκατ’[the] houseοἶκόνof youσουchurchἐκκλησίᾳ·

3Graceχάριςto youὑμῖνandκαὶpeaceεἰρήνηfromἀπὸGodθεοῦFatherπατρὸςof usἡμῶνandκαὶ[the] LordκυρίουJesusἸησοῦChristΧριστοῦ.

4I thankΕὐχαριστῶtheτῷGodθεῷof meμουalwaysπάντοτεmentionμνείανof youσουmakingποιούμενοςuponἐπὶtheτῶνprayersπροσευχῶνof meμου,

5hearingἀκούωνof yourσουτὴνloveἀγάπηνandκαὶtheτὴνfaithπίστινthatἣνyou haveἔχειςtowardπρὸςtheτὸνLordκύριονJesusἸησοῦνandκαὶtowardεἰςallπάνταςtheτοὺςsaintsἁγίους,

6so thatὅπωςtheἡfellowshipκοινωνίαof theτῆςfaithπίστεώςof youσουeffectiveἐνεργὴςmight becomeγένηταιinἐν[the] acknowledgmentἐπιγνώσειof everyπαντὸςgood [thing]ἀγαθοῦthat [is]τοῦinἐνusἡμῖνinεἰςChristΧριστόν·

7JoyχαρὰνforγὰρgreatπολλὴνI haveἔσχονandκαὶencouragementπαράκλησινby occasion ofἐπὶtheτῇloveἀγάπῃof youσου,becauseὅτιtheτὰheartsσπλάγχναof theτῶνsaintsἁγίωνhave been refreshedἀναπέπαυταιbyδιὰyouσοῦ,brotherἀδελφέ.

8ThereforeΔιό,muchπολλὴνinἐνChristΧριστῷboldnessπαρρησίανhavingἔχωνto orderἐπιτάσσεινyouσοιwhat [is]τὸbefittingἀνῆκον,

9for the sake ofδιὰτὴνloveἀγάπηνratherμᾶλλονI exhort [you]παρακαλῶ,such a oneτοιοῦτοςbeingὢνasὡςPaulΠαῦλοςagedπρεσβύτηςnowνυνὶthenδὲalsoκαὶa prisonerδέσμιοςof ChristΧριστοῦJesusἸησοῦ—

10I exhortπαρακαλῶyouσεforπερὶτοῦmyἐμοῦchildτέκνου,whomὃνI have begottenἐγέννησαinἐντοῖςchainsδεσμοῖςOnesimusὈνήσιμον,

11τόνonceποτέto youσοιuselessἄχρηστονnowνυνὶhoweverδὲto youσοὶandκαὶto meἐμοὶusefulεὔχρηστον,

12whomὃνI have sent backἀνέπεμψάto youσοιin personαὐτόν,he whoτοῦτ’isἔστιντὰmyἐμὰvery heartσπλάγχνα·

13whomὃνIἐγὼwas wishingἐβουλόμηνwithπρὸςmyselfἐμαυτὸνto keepκατέχειν,so thatἵναon behalf ofὑπὲρyouσοῦmeμοιhe might serveδιακονῇinἐνtheτοῖςchainsδεσμοῖςof theτοῦgospelεὐαγγελίου,

14Apart fromχωρὶςhoweverδὲτῆςyourσῆςconsentγνώμηςnothingοὐδὲνI wishedἠθέλησαto doποιῆσαι,so thatἵναnotμὴasὡςaccording toκατὰnecessityἀνάγκηνtheτὸgoodἀγαθόνof youσουmay beᾖbutἀλλὰaccording toκατὰwillingnessἑκούσιον·

15Perhapsτάχαforγὰρbecause ofδιὰthisτοῦτοhe was separated [from you]ἐχωρίσθηforπρὸςa timeὥρανso thatἵναeternallyαἰώνιονhimαὐτὸνyou might possessἀπέχῃς,

16no longerοὐκέτιasὡςa slaveδοῦλονbutἀλλὰaboveὑπὲρa slaveδοῦλον,a brotherἀδελφὸνbelovedἀγαπητόν,especiallyμάλισταto meἐμοί,how muchπόσῳhoweverδὲmoreμᾶλλονto youσοὶbothκαὶinἐν[the] fleshσαρκὶandκαὶinἐν[the] Lordκυρίῳ.

17IfΕἰthereforeοὖνmeμεyou considerἔχειςa partnerκοινωνόν,receiveπροσλαβοῦhimαὐτὸνasὡςmeἐμέ.

18Ifεἰhoweverδέin any wayτιhe has wrongedἠδίκησένyouσεorἢhe owes [you]ὀφείλει,thisτοῦτοto meἐμοὶchargeἐλλόγα·

19IἐγὼPaulΠαῦλοςdid writeἔγραψαwithτῇmy ownἐμῇhandχειρί,Iἐγὼwill repay [it]ἀποτίσω·thatἵναnotμὴI may sayλέγωto youσοιthatὅτιevenκαὶyourselfσεαυτόνto meμοιyou owe alsoπροσοφείλεις.

20Yesναί,brotherἀδελφέ,Iἐγώfrom youσουmay have profitὀναίμηνinἐν[the] Lordκυρίῳ·RefreshἀνάπαυσόνmyμουτὰheartσπλάγχναinἐνChristΧριστῷ.

21Being persuaded ofπεποιθὼςtheτῇobedienceὑπακοῇof youσουI writeἔγραψάto youσοι,knowingεἰδὼςthatὅτιevenκαὶaboveὑπὲρwhatἃI sayλέγωyou will doποιήσεις.

22At the same timeἅμαnowδὲalsoκαὶprepareἑτοίμαζέfor meμοιa lodgingξενίαν,I hopeἐλπίζωforγὰρthatὅτιthroughδιὰtheτῶνprayersπροσευχῶνof youὑμῶνI will be grantedχαρισθήσομαιto youὑμῖν.

23GreetsἈσπάζεταίyouσεEpaphrasἘπαφρᾶςὁfellow prisonerσυναιχμάλωτόςmyμουinἐνChristΧριστῷJesusἸησοῦ,

24[as do] MarkΜᾶρκος,AristarchusἈρίσταρχος,DemasΔημᾶς,[and] LukeΛουκᾶς,theοἱfellow workersσυνεργοίof meμου.

25TheἩgraceχάριςof theτοῦLordκυρίουJesusἸησοῦChristΧριστοῦ[be] withμετὰtheτοῦspiritπνεύματοςof youὑμῶν.