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Philemon 1:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, "

Philemon 1:12

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10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,

11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.

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Philemon 1:1

"Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,"

Philemon 1:2

"to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:"

Philemon 1:3

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

Philemon 1:4

"I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,"

Philemon 1:5

"hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,"

Philemon 1:6

"that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus."

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