# Daily Bible Reading | Philemon

- From: Resonate Church — DISC | Resonate Bible Reading Plan
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# ***PHILEMON***

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*Greeting*

\[1\] Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

To Philemon our beloved fellow worker \[2\] and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:

\[3\] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

*Philemon’s Love and Faith*

\[4\] I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, \[5\] because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, \[6\] and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. \[7\] For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.

*Paul’s Plea for Onesimus*

\[8\] Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, \[9\] yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—\[10\] I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. \[11\] (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) \[12\] I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. \[13\] I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, \[14\] but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. \[15\] For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, \[16\] no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

\[17\] So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. \[18\] If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. \[19\] I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. \[20\] Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

\[21\] Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. \[22\] At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.

*Final Greetings*

\[23\] Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you, \[24\] and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

\[25\] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. (ESV)