⁴ But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

⁵ “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. ⁶ Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is ^(A)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

⁷ “For ^(B)what great nation is there that has ^(C)God^[a] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? ⁸ And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? ⁹ Only take heed to yourself, and diligently ^(D)keep yourself, lest you ^(E)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And ^(F)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, ¹⁰ especially concerning ^(G)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’

¹¹ “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. ^12 (H)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no ^[b]form; ^(I)you only heard a voice. ^13 (J)So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, ^(K)the Ten Commandments; and ^(L)He wrote them on two tablets of stone. ¹⁴ And ^(M)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might ^[c]observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.

Beware of Idolatry

^15 (N)“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no ^(O)form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, ¹⁶ lest you ^(P)act corruptly and ^(Q)make for yourselves a carved image in the ^[d]form of any figure: ^(R)the likeness of male or female, ¹⁷ the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, ¹⁸ the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. ¹⁹ And take heed, lest you ^(S)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, ^(T)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to ^(U)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has ^[e]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. ²⁰ But the Lord has taken you and ^(V)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be ^(W)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. ²¹ Furthermore ^(X)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that ^(Y)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. ²² But ^(Z)I must die in this land, ^(AA)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and ^[f]possess ^(AB)that good land. ²³ Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, ^(AC)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. ²⁴ For ^(AD)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, ^(AE)a jealous God.

Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit

¹⁷ It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, ^(A)that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

¹⁹ And ^(A)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰ “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who ^[a]will believe in Me through their word; ^21 (B)that they all may be one, as ^(C)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. ²² And the ^(D)glory which You gave Me I have given them, ^(E)that they may be one just as We are one: ²³ I in them, and You in Me; ^(F)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

^24 (G)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; ^(H)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O righteous Father! ^(I)The world has not known You, but ^(J)I have known You; and ^(K)these have known that You sent Me. ^26 (L)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love ^(M)with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

⁶ knowing this, that ^(A)our old man was crucified with Him, that ^(B)the body of sin might be ^[a]done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. ⁷ For ^(C)he who has died has been ^[b]freed from sin. ⁸ Now ^(D)if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, ⁹ knowing that ^(E)Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. ¹⁰ For the death that He died, ^(F)He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, ^(G)He lives to God. ¹¹ Likewise you also, ^[c]reckon yourselves to be ^(H)dead indeed to sin, but ^(I)alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

^12 (J)Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. ¹³ And do not present your ^(K)members as ^[d]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but ^(L)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. ¹⁴ For ^(M)sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Greeting

¹ Paul, a ^(A)prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, ² to ^[a]the beloved Apphia, ^(B)Archippus our fellow soldier, and to 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 (C)I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, ^5 (D)hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints, ⁶ that the sharing of your faith may become effective ^(E)by the acknowledgment of ^(F)every good thing which is in ^[b]you in Christ Jesus. ⁷ For we ^[c]have great ^[d]joy and ^[e]consolation in your love, because the ^[f]hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

The Plea for Onesimus

⁸ Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, ⁹ yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ— ¹⁰ I appeal to you for my son ^(G)Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, ¹¹ who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

¹² I am sending him ^[g]back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own ^[h]heart, ¹³ whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. ¹⁴ But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, ^(H)that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

¹⁵ For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, ¹⁶ no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the ^(I)flesh and in the Lord.

Philemon’s Obedience Encouraged

¹⁷ If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. ¹⁸ But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account. ¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing with my own ^(J)hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides. ²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

^21 (K)Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. ²² But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for ^(L)I trust that ^(M)through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

Farewell

^23 (N)Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, ²⁴ as do ^(O)Mark, ^(P)Aristarchus, ^(Q)Demas, ^(R)Luke, my fellow laborers.

^25 (S)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.