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Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus

Philemon 1:19

In 9 translations

BSB
I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
KJV
I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
WEB
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
ASV
I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
LSV
I, Paul, wrote with my hand, I will repay; besides, that I may not say that you also owe to me yourself.
YLT
I, Paul did write with my hand, I — I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.
DBY
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.
DRC
I Paul have written it with my own hand: I will repay it: not to say to thee, that thou owest me thy own self also.
GNV
I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐγὼ Παῦλος ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί, ἐγὼ ἀποτίσω· ἵνα μὴ λέγω σοι ὅτι καὶ σεαυτόν μοι προσοφείλεις.
RP2018
ἐγὼ Παῦλος ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί, ἐγὼ ἀποτίσω· ἵνα μὴ λέγω σοι ὅτι καὶ σεαυτόν μοι προσοφείλεις.
TR-Boyd
ἐγὼ Παῦλος ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί, ἐγὼ ἀποτίσω· ἵνα μὴ λέγω σοι ὅτι καὶ σεαυτόν μοι προσοφείλεις.
SCR1894
εγω παυλος εγραψα τη εμη χειρι εγω αποτισω ινα μη λεγω σοι οτι και σεαυτον μοι προσοφειλεις

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  • Galatians 6:11See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!
  • Galatians 5:2Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:21–22This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  • 1 Corinthians 9:1–2Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord? Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship…
  • 1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
  • James 5:19–20My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:2You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
  • 1 Timothy 1:2To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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