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Philemon 1 Free Bible Version (Spanish)

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1 Esta carta es enviada por Pablo, prisionero de Jesucristo, y de nuestro hermano Timoteo, a Filemón, nuestro buen amigo y compañero de trabajo;
1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
2 a nuestra hermana Apia, a Arquipo, quien lucha junto con nosotros, y a nuestra iglesia que está en tu casa.
2 to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
3 Recibe gracia y paz de parte de Dios nuestro Padre y del Señor Jesucristo.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Siempre le doy gracias a Dios por ti, al recordarte en mis oraciones,
4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
5 pues escucho sobre tu fe en el Señor Jesús y tu amor por todos los creyentes.
5 hearing of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,
6 Oro para que esa generosidad que caracteriza tu fe en Dios puedas ponerla en acción al reconocer las cosas buenas de las que participamos en Cristo.
6 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
7 Tu amor, mi querido hermano, me ha causado mucha felicidad y ánimo. ¡Has reanimado los corazones de nosotros, los que somos creyentes!
7 For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
8 Por eso, aunque soy suficientemente valiente en Cristo para darte orden de hacer tu trabajo,
8 Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
9 prefiero pedirte este favor en nombre del amor. El viejo Pablo, ahora también prisionero de Cristo Jesús,
9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 te ruega en nombre de Onésimo, que ha venido a ser como mi hijo adoptivo durante mi encarcelamiento.
10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
11 En el pasado él no fue útil para ti, ¡pero ahora es útil tanto para ti como para mí!
11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
12 Lo envío, pues, con mis más sinceros deseos.
12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
13 Habría preferido que se quedara aquí conmigo para que me fuera de ayuda como me habrías ayudado tú mientras estoy encadenado por predicar la buena noticia.
13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
14 Pero decidí no hacer nada sin tu permiso. No quería obligarte a hacer el bien, sino que lo hicieras de buen agrado.
14 But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
15 ¡Quizás lo perdiste por un tiempo para ahora tenerlo para siempre!
15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,
16 Ya no es más un siervo, porque es más que un siervo. Es un hermano especialmente amado, principalmente para mí, e incluso más para ustedes, tanto como persona y también como hermano creyente en el Señor.
16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
17 Así que si me consideras un compañero de trabajo en el Señor, recíbelo como si me recibieras a mí.
17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
18 Y si ha cometido algún error, o te debe algo, cárgalo a mi cuenta.
18 But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.
19 Yo, Pablo, escribo esto con mi propia mano: Te pagaré. Sin duda no diré lo que me debes, ¡incluyendo tu propia vida!
19 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).
20 Sí, hermano, espero este favor de tu parte en el Señor; por favor, dame esa alegría en Cristo.
20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
21 Te escribo sobre esto porque estoy convencido de que harás lo que te estoy pidiendo. ¡E incluso sé que harás más que eso!
21 Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
22 Mientras tanto, por favor, prepara una habitación para mí, pues espero poder regresar a verte pronto, como respuesta a tus oraciones.
22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
23 Epafras, que está aquí conmigo en prisión, te envía su saludo,
23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,
24 así como mis colaboradores Marcos, Aristarco, Demas, y Lucas.
24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25 Que la gracia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo esté con todos ustedes.
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

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  • Apphia

    Sister addressed with Philemon

    Addressed by Paul together with Philemon and Archippus in the letter to Philemon.

    Cited in the guide: Philemon 2

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  • Archippus

    Fellow soldier of Paul

    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

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  • Demas

    Coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Epaphras

    Founder of the Colossian church

    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

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  • Luke

    Beloved physician and coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Onesimus

    Runaway slave of Philemon

    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

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  • Philemon

    Beloved coworker of Paul

    The believer to whom Paul wrote on behalf of Onesimus; a church met in his house.

    Cited in the guide: Philemon 1

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Cross references (25)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Philippians 2:25; Ephesians 3:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 9; 1 Corinthians 3:9
  2. 2 Philippians 2:25; Colossians 4:17; Romans 16:5; Colossians 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:3–4
  3. 3 Romans 1:7; Ephesians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14
  4. 4 Romans 1:8; Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 1:3; Philippians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
  5. 5 Colossians 1:4; Ephesians 1:15; Psalm 16:3; 1 John 5:1–2; 1 Corinthians 16:1
  6. 6 2 Peter 1:8; Philippians 1:9–11; Colossians 1:9; 1 Peter 1:5–8; Matthew 5:16
  7. 7 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 3 John 3–6; 1 Thessalonians 2:19
  8. 8 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 10:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
  9. 9 2 Corinthians 5:20; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 3:1; Philemon 1–25
  10. 10 Colossians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Galatians 4:19; 1 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4
  11. 11 2 Timothy 4:11; Job 30:1–2; 1 Peter 2:10; Luke 15:32; Romans 3:12
  12. 12 Matthew 6:14–15; Ephesians 4:32; Luke 15:20; Mark 11:25; Jeremiah 31:20
  13. 13 Ephesians 3:1; Philippians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 16:17; Philippians 2:30; Philemon 1
  14. 14 2 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Peter 5:2–3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 2 Corinthians 8:12
  15. 15 Genesis 50:20; Genesis 45:5–8; Isaiah 20:6; Acts 4:28
  16. 16 Colossians 3:22; Matthew 23:8; 1 Timothy 6:2; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:5–7
  17. 17 2 Corinthians 8:23; Matthew 10:40; Philemon 12; Matthew 18:5; Ephesians 3:6
  18. 18 Isaiah 53:4–7
  19. 19 Galatians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 16:21–22; Galatians 5:2; James 5:19–20; 1 Corinthians 4:15
  20. 20 Philemon 7; 3 John 4; Hebrews 13:17; Philemon 12; 1 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  21. 21 2 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 7:16; Galatians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 8:22
  22. 22 2 Corinthians 1:11; Philippians 2:24; 2 John 12; Acts 28:23; Philippians 1:19
  23. 23 Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Romans 16:7; Colossians 4:10
  24. 24 Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:10–11; Colossians 4:14; Acts 12:12; Acts 15:37–39
  25. 25 2 Timothy 4:22; Galatians 6:18; Romans 16:20; Romans 16:23

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  1. Commentary 1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philemon (Homily I)

    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)