{"book": "Philemon","chapters":[{"chapter":"1","verses":[{"1":"Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,To Philemon our beloved fellow worker"},{"2":"and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:"},{"3":"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"4":"I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,"},{"5":"because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,"},{"6":"and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ."},{"7":"For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you."},{"8":"Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,"},{"9":"yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus--"},{"10":"I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment."},{"11":"(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)"},{"12":"I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart."},{"13":"I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,"},{"14":"but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will."},{"15":"For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,"},{"16":"no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother--especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord."},{"17":"So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me."},{"18":"If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account."},{"19":"I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it--to say nothing of your owing me even your own self."},{"20":"Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ."},{"21":"Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say."},{"22":"At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you."},{"23":"Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,"},{"24":"and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers."},{"25":"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit."}]}]}