Philemon 1:1-7

Philemon’s Love and Faith

^aPaul, ^ba prisoner of ^cChrist Jesus, and ^dTimothy ¹our brother,
To Philemon our beloved brother and ^efellow worker, 2 and to Apphia ¹^aour sister, and to ^bArchippus our ^cfellow soldier, and to ^dthe church in your house: 3 ^aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 ^aI thank my God, always making mention of you in my prayers, 5 because I ^ahear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the ¹saints; 6 and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective ¹through the ^afull knowledge of every good thing which is in you ²for the sake of Christ. 7 For I have come to have much ^ajoy and comfort in your love, because the ¹hearts of the ²saints have been ^brefreshed through you, brother.