1Philemon 1

1Paul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus.Vnto Philemon the beloved and oure helperSelect Philemon 1:1

2and to the beloved Appia and to Archippus oure felowe soudier and to the congregacion of thy housse.Select Philemon 1:2

3Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.Select Philemon 1:3

4I thake my God makinge mencio all wayes of the in my prayersSelect Philemon 1:4

5when I heare of thy love and fayth which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesu and towarde all saynctes:Select Philemon 1:5

6so that the fellisshippe that thou hast in the fayth is frutefull thorow knowledge of all good thinges which are in you by Iesus Christ.Select Philemon 1:6

7And we have great ioye and consolacion over thy love: for by the (brother) the saynctes hertes are comforted.Select Philemon 1:7

8Wherfore though I be bolde in Christ to enioyne the that which becometh the:Select Philemon 1:8

9yet for loves sake I rather beseche the though I be as I am eve Paul aged and now in bondes for Iesu Christes sake.Select Philemon 1:9

10I beseche the for my sonne Onesimus whom I begat in my bondesSelect Philemon 1:10

11which in tyme passed was to the vnproffetable: but now proffetable bothe to the and also to meSelect Philemon 1:11

12whom I have sent home agayne. Thou therfore receave him that is to saye myne awne bowelsSelect Philemon 1:12

13whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me that in thy stede he myght have ministred vnto me in ye bondes of the gospell.Select Philemon 1:13

14Neverthelesse without thy mynde wolde I doo nothinge that yt good which springeth of the shuld not be as it were of necessitie but willingly.Select Philemon 1:14

15Haply he therfore departed for a season yt thou shuldest receave him for everSelect Philemon 1:15

16not nowe as a servaut: but above a servaunt I meane a brother beloved specially to me: but how moche more vnto the both in the flesshe and also in the Lorde?Select Philemon 1:16

17Yf thou count me a felowe receave him as my selfe.Select Philemon 1:17

18Yf he have hurt the or oweth the ought that laye to my charge.Select Philemon 1:18

19I Paul have writte it with myne awne hode. I will recompence it. So that I do not saye to the howe that thou owest vnto me eve thyne awne silfe.Select Philemon 1:19

20Even so brother let me enioye the in the Lorde. Comforte my bowels in the Lorde.Select Philemon 1:20

21Trustinge in thyne obediece I wrote vnto the knowynge that thou wilt do more then I saye for.Select Philemon 1:21

22Moreover prepare me lodgynge: for I trust thorow ye helpe of youre prayers I shalbe geven vnto you.Select Philemon 1:22

23Ther salute ye Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ IesuSelect Philemon 1:23

24Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers.Select Philemon 1:24

25The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with youre spretes. Amen.Select Philemon 1:25