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I pray that this fellowship of your faith may become active in understanding every good thing that belongs to us[a] in Christ. For I have received great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

Appeal on Behalf of Onesimus

For that reason, even though I have plenty of boldness in Christ to order you to do what is proper,

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:6 Some witnesses to the text read you. (“Witnesses to the text” mentioned in footnotes may include Greek manuscripts, lectionaries, translations, and quotations in the church fathers.)