Philemon 1:1

AMP: Paul, a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), and our brother Timothy,To Philemon our dearly beloved friend and fellow worker,

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

BSB: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

DARBY: Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,

DRA: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer;

KJV: Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

Philemon 1:2

AMP: and to [your wife] Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier [in ministry], and to the church that meets in your house:

ASV: and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house:

BSB: to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets at your house:

DARBY: and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which [is] in thine house.

DRA: And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house:

KJV: And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

Philemon 1:3

AMP: Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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

DARBY: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

DRA: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

KJV: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:4

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

ASV: I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,

BSB: I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,

DARBY: I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

DRA: I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.

KJV: I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

Philemon 1:5

AMP: because I hear of your love and of your faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints (God’s people).

ASV: hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

BSB: because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

DARBY: hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

DRA: Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints:

KJV: Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;

Philemon 1:6

AMP: I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective and powerful because of your accurate knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ.

ASV: that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

BSB: I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

DARBY: in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ [Jesus].

DRA: That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work, that is in you in Christ Jesus.

KJV: That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Philemon 1:7

AMP: For I have had great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints (God’s people) have been refreshed through you, my brother.

ASV: For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

BSB: I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

DARBY: For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

DRA: For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

KJV: For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Philemon 1:8

AMP: Therefore [on the basis of these facts], though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is appropriate,

ASV: Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

BSB: So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,

DARBY: Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,

DRA: Wherefore though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus, to command thee that which is to the purpose:

KJV: Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

Philemon 1:9

AMP: yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus—

ASV: yet for love`s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

BSB: I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

DARBY: for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.

DRA: For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul an old man, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

KJV: Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:10

AMP: I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child Onesimus, whom I have fathered [in the faith] while a captive in these chains.

ASV: I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

BSB: I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

DARBY: I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,

DRA: I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

KJV: I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

Philemon 1:11

AMP: Once he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you as well as to me.

ASV: who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

BSB: Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

DARBY: once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:

DRA: Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable both to me and thee,

KJV: Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

Philemon 1:12

AMP: I have sent him back to you in person, that is, like sending my very heart.

ASV: whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

BSB: I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

DARBY: whom I have sent back to thee: [but do *thou* receive] him, that is, *my* bowels:

DRA: Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

KJV: Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

Philemon 1:13

AMP: I would have chosen to keep him with me, so that he might minister to me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel;

ASV: whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

BSB: I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

DARBY: whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;

DRA: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel:

KJV: Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

Philemon 1:14

AMP: but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

ASV: but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

BSB: But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

DARBY: but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

DRA: But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.

KJV: But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Philemon 1:15

AMP: Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, so that you would have him back forever,

ASV: For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

BSB: For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good —

DARBY: for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;

DRA: For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

KJV: For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

Philemon 1:16

AMP: no longer as a slave, but [as someone] more than a slave, as a brother [in Christ], especially dear to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer]. [Col 4:9]

ASV: no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

BSB: no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

DARBY: not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in [the] flesh and in [the] Lord?

DRA: Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me: but how much more to thee both in the flesh and in the Lord?

KJV: Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

Philemon 1:17

AMP: So if you consider me a partner, welcome and accept him as you would me.

ASV: If then thou countest me a partner, receive him as myself.

BSB: So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

DARBY: If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner [with thee], receive him as me;

DRA: If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.

KJV: If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

Philemon 1:18

AMP: But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;

ASV: But if he hath wronged the at all, or oweth [thee] aught, put that to mine account;

BSB: But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

DARBY: but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything [to thee], put this to my account.

DRA: And if he hath wronged thee in any thing, or is in thy debt, put that to my account.

KJV: If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

Philemon 1:19

AMP: I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it in full (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).

ASV: I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

BSB: I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it— not to mention that you owe me your very self.

DARBY: *I* Paul have written [it] with mine own hand; *I* will repay [it]: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.

DRA: I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also.

KJV: I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

Philemon 1:20

AMP: Yes, brother, let me have some benefit and joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

ASV: Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.

BSB: Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

DARBY: Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in [the] Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.

DRA: Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.

KJV: Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Philemon 1:21

AMP: I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, since I know that you will do even more than I ask.

ASV: Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

BSB: Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

DARBY: Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.

DRA: Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

KJV: Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Philemon 1:22

AMP: At the same time also prepare a guest room for me [in expectation of a visit], for I hope that through your prayers I will be [granted the gracious privilege of] coming to you [at Colossae].

ASV: But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.

BSB: In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

DARBY: But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.

DRA: But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

KJV: But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

Philemon 1:23

AMP: Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus,

ASV: Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;

BSB: Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

DARBY: Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

DRA: There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;

KJV: There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;

Philemon 1:24

AMP: and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

ASV: [and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.

BSB: as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

DARBY: Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.

DRA: Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke my fellow labourers.

KJV: Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

Philemon 1:25

AMP: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

ASV: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

BSB: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

DARBY: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.

DRA: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

KJV: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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