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16 no longer as a slave, but as more than a slave: as a brother. He is beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a man[a] and in the Lord.

17 [b]Therefore, if you consider me to be a friend, welcome him as you would welcome me. 18 If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:16 As a man: literally “in the flesh.”
  2. Philemon 1:17 Paul is doing the same thing for Onesimus with Philemon that Christ did for us with God the Father.