Послание к Филимону св. Апостола Павла

1) Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, Philemon our beloved and companion, 2) and Apphia our beloved sister, and Archippus our companion, and the church that is in your house: 3) grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4) I give thanks to my God, always making remembrance of you in my prayers, 5) hearing about your love and the faith that you have for the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, 6) so that the fellowship of your faith may be evident in the knowledge of every good work that is in you in Christ Jesus. 7) For I had great joy and consolation in your love, for the wombs of the saints were calmed by you, brother. 8) For this reason, having great boldness in Christ Jesus, I command you [that] which relates to the essence of the matter, 9) for the sake of love, I ask more, since I, being such as Paul the elder, am now a prisoner of Jesus Christ; 10) I ask you about my son, whom I gave birth to in chains - Onesimus: 11) who was once useless to you, now is useful to both me and you; 12) whom I am sending to you. You accept him as my womb. 13) Whom I wanted to keep with me, so that instead of you he would serve me in prison for the Gospel; 14) without your own advice / etc. e. consent / did not want to do anything so that your good would not be forced, but voluntarily. 15) For, perhaps, he left you for an hour so that you would accept him forever, 16) no longer as a slave, but instead of a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me. How much more are you, both in the flesh and in the Lord? 17) So, if you have me as a comrade, accept him as you do me. 18) If he harmed you in any way, or should, consider it on me. 19) I, Paul, wrote with my own hand: “I will repay”; I’m not telling you [about] what you owe me with yourself: 20) so, brother. I will use you in the Lord; cool my womb in the Lord. 21) Trusting in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even more than what I say. 22) At the same time, prepare a guest room for me; for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you. 23) Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 24) Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my helpers. 25) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.