1 Od Pavla, sužnja Isusa Hrista, i Timotija brata, Filimonu ljubaznom i pomagaču našem, 2 i Apfiji, sestri ljubaznoj, i Arhipu, našem drugaru u vojevanju, i domaćoj tvojoj crkvi: 3 Blagodat vam i mir od Boga Oca našeg, i Gospoda Isusa Hrista. 4 Zahvaljujem Bogu svom spominjući te svagda u molitvama svojim, 5 čuvši ljubav tvoju i veru koju imaš ka Gospodu Isusu i k svima svetima: 6 Da tvoja vera, koju imamo zajedno, bude silna u poznanju svakog dobra, koje imate u Hristu Isusu. 7 Jer imam veliku radost i utehu radi ljubavi tvoje, što srca svetih počinuše kroza te, brate! 8 Toga radi ako i imam veliku slobodu u Hristu da ti zapovedam šta je potrebno, 9 ali opet molim ljubavi radi, ja koji sam takav kao starac Pavle, a sad sužanj Isusa Hrista; 10 molimo te za svog sina Onisima, kog rodih u okovima svojim; 11 koji je tebi nekada bio nepotreban, a sad je i tebi i meni vrlo potreban, kog poslah tebi natrag; 12 a ti ga, to jest, moje srce primi. 13 Ja ga htedoh da zadržim kod sebe, da mi mesto tebe posluži u okovima jevanđelja; 14 ali bez tvoje volje ne htedoh ništa činiti, da ne bi tvoje dobro bilo kao za nevolju, nego od dobre volje. 15 Jer može biti da se za to rastade s tobom na neko vreme da ga dobiješ večno, 16 ne više kao roba, nego više od roba, brata ljubaznog, a osobito meni, a kamoli tebi, i po telu i u Gospodu 17 Ako dakle držiš mene za svog drugara, primi njega kao mene. 18 Ako li ti u čemu skrivi, ili je dužan, to na mene zapiši. 19 Ja Pavle napisah rukom svojom, ja ću platiti: da ti ne kažem da si i sam sebe meni dužan. 20 Da brate! Da imam korist od tebe u Gospodu, razveseli srce moje u Gospodu. 21 Uzdajući se u tvoju poslušnost napisah ti znajući da ćeš još više učiniti nego što govorim. 22 A uz to ugotovi mi i konak; jer se nadam da ću za vaše molitve biti darovan vama. 23 Pozdravlja te Epafras koji je sa mnom sužanj u Hristu Isusu, 24 Marko, Aristarh, Dimas, Luka, pomagači moji. 25 Blagodat Gospoda našeg Isusa Hrista sa duhom vašim. Amin.
Philemon · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Philemon 1 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Apphia
Addressed by Paul together with Philemon and Archippus in the letter to Philemon.
Cited in the guide: Philemon 2
Archippus
Called by Paul his fellow soldier and told to complete the ministry he received in the Lord.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:17; Philemon 2
Demas
A coworker of Paul who sends greetings from Rome, but later deserted him because he loved the present world.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:10; Philemon 24
Epaphras
A faithful minister of Christ who taught the Colossians, wrestled for them in prayer, and was Paul's fellow prisoner.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23
Luke
Paul's beloved physician and coworker who stayed with him when others had left him in his final imprisonment.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24
Onesimus
A slave who became a believer through Paul in prison and whom Paul sent back to Philemon as a beloved brother.
Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:9; Philemon 10
Philemon
The believer to whom Paul wrote on behalf of Onesimus; a church met in his house.
Cited in the guide: Philemon 1
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Philippians 2:25; Ephesians 3:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 9; 1 Corinthians 3:9
- 2 Philippians 2:25; Colossians 4:17; Romans 16:5; Colossians 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:3–4
- 3 Romans 1:7; Ephesians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14
- 4 Romans 1:8; Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 1:3; Philippians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
- 5 Colossians 1:4; Ephesians 1:15; Psalm 16:3; 1 John 5:1–2; 1 Corinthians 16:1
- 6 2 Peter 1:8; Philippians 1:9–11; Colossians 1:9; 1 Peter 1:5–8; Matthew 5:16
- 7 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 3 John 3–6; 1 Thessalonians 2:19
- 8 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 10:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
- 9 2 Corinthians 5:20; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 3:1; Philemon 1–25
- 10 Colossians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Galatians 4:19; 1 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4
- 11 2 Timothy 4:11; Job 30:1–2; 1 Peter 2:10; Luke 15:32; Romans 3:12
- 12 Matthew 6:14–15; Ephesians 4:32; Luke 15:20; Mark 11:25; Jeremiah 31:20
- 13 Ephesians 3:1; Philippians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 16:17; Philippians 2:30; Philemon 1
- 14 2 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Peter 5:2–3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 2 Corinthians 8:12
- 15 Genesis 50:20; Genesis 45:5–8; Isaiah 20:6; Acts 4:28
- 16 Colossians 3:22; Matthew 23:8; 1 Timothy 6:2; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:5–7
- 17 2 Corinthians 8:23; Matthew 10:40; Philemon 12; Matthew 18:5; Ephesians 3:6
- 18 Isaiah 53:4–7
- 19 Galatians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 16:21–22; Galatians 5:2; James 5:19–20; 1 Corinthians 4:15
- 20 Philemon 7; 3 John 4; Hebrews 13:17; Philemon 12; 1 Thessalonians 3:7–9
- 21 2 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 7:16; Galatians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 8:22
- 22 2 Corinthians 1:11; Philippians 2:24; 2 John 12; Acts 28:23; Philippians 1:19
- 23 Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Romans 16:7; Colossians 4:10
- 24 Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:10–11; Colossians 4:14; Acts 12:12; Acts 15:37–39
- 25 2 Timothy 4:22; Galatians 6:18; Romans 16:20; Romans 16:23
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What the Fathers said
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These things are said to a master in behalf of a servant. Immediately at the outset, he has pulled down his spirit, and not suffered him to be ashamed, he has quenched his anger; calling himself a prisoner, he strikes him with compunction, and makes him collect himself, and makes it appear that present things are nothing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)