Philemon 1-3

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Salutation

¹Paul, a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), and our brother Timothy,

To Philemon our dearly beloved friend and fellow worker, ²and to [your wife] Apphia our sister, and to ^[a]Archippus our fellow soldier [in ministry], and to the ^[b]church that meets in your ^[c]house: ³Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

Philemon 1:2 Perhaps the son of Philemon and Apphia.
Philemon 1:2 Philemon was responsible to see that this letter was shared with his fellow Colossian believers.
Philemon 1:2 Prior to the third century a.d. churches customarily met in private homes.