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To Philemon

(“and to the church in thy house”)

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We are encouraged

By your faith

In fact

We have joy

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Give Onesimus

Another chance

We send him

To you

He may have wronged thee

Take him back

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If he owes anyone money

Or its equivalent

I will repay it

I tell you this myself

Who

Told you about the faith and

So be saved

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Receive him

Who to me has

Become

Peer and colleague

And he will serve you

Especially this way

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Treat him now

As one who has

Standing

No matter how it might

Have gone

Before

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Let the deeper parts

Of all of us

Be glad

That we are one

In Christ

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From all of us

Who live

Captive by the world

For now

Grace and peace

To thee

And thine

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From prisoners with me

Paul

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C L Couch

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Philemon is the addressee of a brief epistle in the Christian New Testament

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Photo by Mike Hindle on Unsplash

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