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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, a brother: to Philemon, our beloved and fellow labourer,",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "And to Appia, our dearest sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church which is in thy house.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 3,
      "text": "Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "I give thanks to my God, always making a remembrance of thee in my prayers.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "Hearing of thy charity and faith, which thou hast in the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints:",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "That the communication of thy faith may be made evident in the acknowledgment of every good work that is in you in Christ Jesus.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "Wherefore, though I have much confidence in Christ Jesus to command thee that which is to the purpose:",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,",
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "But without thy counsel I would do nothing: that thy good deed might not be as it were of necessity, but voluntary.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee that thou mightest receive him again for ever:",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me. But how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "If therefore thou count me a partner, receive him as myself.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 18,
      "text": "And if he hath wronged thee in any thing or is in thy debt, put that to my account.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 19,
      "text": "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.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "Yea, brother. May I enjoy thee in the Lord! Refresh my bowels in the Lord.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "Trusting in thy obedience, I have written to thee: knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "But withal prepare me also a lodging. For I hope that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus:",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.",
      "citation": "Philemon 1:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
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