1 Paul, prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon the beloved and our fellow-workman,
2 and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which {is} in thine house.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and {the} Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,
5 hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,
6 in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ {Jesus}.
7 For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8 Wherefore having much boldness in Christ to enjoin thee what is fitting,
9 for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 I exhort thee for *my* child, whom I have begotten in {my} bonds, Onesimus,
11 once unserviceable to thee, but now serviceable to thee and to me:
12 whom I have sent back to thee: {but do *thou* receive} him, that is, *my* bowels:
13 whom *I* was desirous of keeping with myself, that for thee he might minister to me in the bonds of the glad tidings;
14 but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:
15 for perhaps for this reason he has been separated {from thee} for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;
16 not any longer as a bondman, but above a bondman, a beloved brother, specially to me, and how much rather to thee, both in {the} flesh and in {the} Lord?
17 If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner {with thee}, receive him as me;
18 but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything {to thee}, put this to my account.
19 *I* Paul have written {it} with mine own hand; *I* will repay {it}: that I say not to thee that thou owest even thine own self also to me.
20 Yea, brother, *I* would have profit of *thee* in {the} Lord: refresh my bowels in Christ.
21 Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
22 But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I hope that I shall be granted to you through your prayers.
23 Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;
24 Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ {be} with your spirit.
1 为基督耶稣被囚禁的保罗， 和提摩太弟兄， 写信给我们所爱的， 又一同作工的腓利门，
2 和亚腓亚姊妹， 并我们的战友亚基布， 以及在你家里的教会。
3 愿恩惠平安从我们的父 神和主耶稣基督临到你们。
4 我听见你对主耶稣和众圣徒有爱心和信心， 我每逢祷告提到你的时候， 就常常感谢我的 神。
6 愿你与众人分享你的信心的时候， 会产生功效， 使我们可以知道在我们中间的一切善事， 都是为基督作的。
7 弟兄啊， 众圣徒的心既然从你得到舒畅， 我也因你的爱心， 得到更大的喜乐和安慰。
8 我在基督里虽然可以放胆吩咐你作应作的事，
9 然而像我这上了年纪的保罗， 现在又是为基督耶稣被囚禁的， 宁愿凭着爱心请求你，
10 就是为我在囚禁时所生的儿子欧尼西慕求你；
11 他从前对你没有什么好处， 但现在对你我都有好处。
12 我现在打发他亲自回到你那里去； 他是我所心爱的。
13 我本来想把他留在我这里， 使他在我为福音被囚禁时， 可以替你服事我。
14 但还没有得到你的同意， 我就不愿意这样作， 好叫你的善行不是出于勉强， 而是出于甘心。
15 也许他暂时离开你， 正是为了使你永远得着他，
16 不再是奴仆， 而是高过奴仆， 是亲爱的弟兄。对我固然是这样， 对你来说， 不论按肉身或在主内的关系， 更是这样。
17 所以， 你要是把我看作同伴， 就接纳他好像接纳我一样。
18 如果他使你受了损失， 或欠你什么， 都记在我的帐上。
19 "我必偿还"， 这是我保罗亲手写的。用不着我说， 甚至你的生命， 你也是欠我的。
20 所以弟兄啊！ 让我在主里得到你的帮助， 使我的心在基督里得着畅快。
21 我深信你会听从， 也知道你所作的必超过我所说的， 因此才写信给你。
22 同时， 还请你为我预备住的地方， 因为我盼望借着你们的祷告， 可以获得释放到你们那里去。
23 为基督耶稣的缘故和我一同坐监的以巴弗，
24 以及我的同工马可、亚里达古、底马、路加都问候你。
25 愿主耶稣基督的恩惠常与你们同在。（"与你们同在"原文作"与你们的心灵同在"； 好些抄本在这书末有"阿们"一词。）