The Epistle of Paul to Philemon

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(Philippians 1:1–2; Colossians 1:1–2)

I, Paul, am a prisoner who serves Messiah Jesus. I am here with Timothy, our fellow believer. I am writing this letter to you, Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker.

I am also writing to Apphia, our fellow believer, and to Archippus, who is like a soldier who serves along with us. And I am writing to the group of believers that meets in your house.

I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all. I pray that he will continue to cause you to have peace.

Philemon’s Faith and Love

When I pray for you, I always thank God,

because I keep hearing about how you trust in the Lord Jesus. I also hear about how you keep on loving and helping all the believers.

I pray that because you trust in Messiah the same as we do, you may be able to know every good thing that we have to give you regarding Messiah.

I have greatly rejoiced and have much courage because you, my dear friend, have been loving God’s people and helping them.

Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus

So I want to ask you to do something. I am completely confident that I have the authority to command you to do what you should do, because I am an apostle of Messiah.

But because I know that you love God’s people, I request this instead of commanding you to do it. It is I, Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner because I serve Messiah Jesus, who am requesting it.

I request that you do something for Onesimus. He is now like a son of mine because I told him about Messiah here in prison.

Although his name, as you know, means “useful,” he was useless to you in the past. But now he is useful both to you and to me!

Although he is very dear to me, I am sending him back to you.

I would like to have kept him with me, in order that he might serve me in your place. I need him because I am in prison because of my preaching the message about Messiah.

However, because I had not yet asked you and you had not yet permitted me to keep him here with me, I decided not to keep him here. I decided that you should help me only if you really want to help me.

Perhaps the reason that God permitted Onesimus to be separated from you was so you could have him back forever!

You will no longer have him only as a slave. Instead, you will have him as someone who is more than a slave. You will have him as a fellow believer! He is very dear to me, but he certainly will be even more dear to you. This is because now he not only belongs to you as a slave, but he also belongs to the Lord.

So if you believe that you and I are doing God’s work together, welcome him as you would welcome me.

If he has done you any kind of harm, or if he is in debt to you, let me take the responsibility for that.

I, Paul, am now writing this in my own handwriting: I will repay you what he owes you. I could say to you that you owe me even more than Onesimus owes you, because what I told you saved your own life.

Indeed, my brother, let me benefit from you because of the Lord. Since we are both joined to Messiah, make my heart glad.

I have written this letter to you, because I am sure that you will do what I am asking you to do. In fact, I know that you will do even more than what I am asking you to do.

Also, get a guest room ready for me to stay in, because I confidently expect that as a result of your prayers for me, I will be released from prison and will come to you all.

Additional Greetings

Epaphras, who is suffering with me in prison because he is joined to Messiah Jesus, sends his greetings to you.

Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, who are my other fellow workers, also send their greetings to you.

I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will continue to be kind to you.

Gruß

(Philipper 1,1-2; Kolosser 1,1-2)

Paulus, Gefesselter Jesu, und Timotheus, der Bruder, an Philemon, unseren Geliebten, und Mitarbeiter,

und an Appia, die geliebte Schwester, und an Archippus, unsern Mitstreiter, und an die zu deinem Hause gehörige Gemeinde.

Gnade euch und Friede von Gott, unserm Vater, und dem Herrn Jesus Christus.

Philemons Liebe und Glaube

Ich danke meinem Gott, indem ich allezeit deiner eingedenk bin in meinen Gebeten,

da ich von deiner Liebe und dem Glauben höre, welchen du an den Herrn Jesus und für alle Heiligen hast,

so dass die Gemeinschaft deines Glaubens offenbar wird, indem all Das Gute, das bei euch geschieht in Christus Jesus, anerkannt wird.

Denn große Freude und Trost habe ich in deiner Liebe gefunden, das nämlich die Herzen der Gläubigen durch dich, Bruder, erquickt sind.

Das Plädoyer für Onesimus

Darum, obschon ich in Christus Jesus große Zuversicht habe, dir das Geziemende zu befehlen,

bitte ich doch vielmehr um der Liebe willen, da du ein solcher bist, wie Paulus, ein Greis, jetzt aber auch Gefangener Jesu Christi,

bitte ich dich für meinen Sohn, welchen ich in meinen Banden gezeugt habe, für Onesimus,

der dir einst unnütz war, jetzt aber dir und mir nützlich ist,

den ich dir zurücksende. Du aber nimm ihn auf, als wäre es mein eigenes Herz.

Gern hätte ich ihn bei mir behalten, damit er mir an deiner Stelle diene in den Banden, die ich um des Evangeliums willen trage,

doch ohne deine Zustimmung habe ich nichts tun wollen, damit deine Wohltat nicht wie aus Zwang geschähe, sondern freiwillig.

Denn vielleicht ist er deswegen auf kurze Zeit von dir getrennt worden, damit du ihn auf ewig zurückempfingest,

nicht ferner als Knecht, sondern anstatt eines Knechtes als geliebten Bruder, was er mir vorzüglich ist, wie viel mehr aber dir, sowohl dem Fleische nach als im Herrn.

Philemons Gehorsam ermutigt

Wenn ich dir daher Mitgenosse bin, so nimm ihn auf wie mich.

Hat er dich aber irgendwie geschädigt, oder ist er dir etwas schuldig, so rechne dies mir an.

Ich, Paulus, schreibe es mit eigner Hand: Ich will es zurückzahlen, um dir nicht zu sagen, dass du auch dich selbst mir schuldig bist.

Ja, Bruder! ich selbst möchte von dir Nutzen ziehen im Herrn; erquicke mein Herz im Herrn!

Voll Vertrauen auf deine Folgsamkeit schreibe ich dir, denn ich weiß, dass du noch mehr tun wirst als ich sage.

Zugleich aber bereite mir auch eine Unterkunft; denn ich hoffe, dass ich euch durch euere Gebete werde geschenkt werden.

Abschiedsgruß

Es grüßt dich Epaphras, mein Mitgefangener in Christus Jesus,

Markus, Aristarchus, Demas und Lukas, meine Mitarbeiter.

Die Gnade unsers Herrn Jesus Christus sei mit euerem Geiste! Amen.