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¹ Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, and Timothe, brother, to Filemon, bilouyd, and oure helpere, and to Appia,² most dere sister, and to Archip, oure euene kniyt, and to the chirche that is in thin hous,³ grace be to you, and pees of God oure fader, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.⁴ I do thankingis to my God, euere more makinge mynde of thee in my preieris,⁵ heringe thi charite and feith, that thou hast in the Lord Jhesu, and to alle hooli men,⁶ that the comynyng of thi feith be maad opyn, in knowing of al good thing in Crist Jhesu.⁷ And Y hadde greet ioye and coumfort in thi charite, for the entrailis of hooli men restiden bi thee, brother.

⁸ For which thing Y hauynge myche trist in Crist Jhesu, to comaunde to thee that that perteyneth to profit;⁹ but Y biseche more for charite, sithen thou art siche as the elde Poul, and now the boundun of Jhesu Crist.¹⁰ Y biseche thee for my sone Onesyme, whom Y in boondis bigat,¹¹ which sumtyme was vnprofitable to thee, but now profitable bothe to thee and to me; whom Y sente ayen to thee.¹² And resseyue thou hym as myn entrailis;¹³ whom Y wolde withholde with me, that he schulde serue for thee to me in boondis of the gospel;¹⁴ but with out thi counseil Y wolde not do ony thing, that thi good schulde not be as of nede, but wilful.¹⁵ For perauenture therfor he departide fro thee for a tyme, that thou schuldist resseyue hym with outen ende;¹⁶ now not as a seruaunt, but for a seruaunt a most dere brother, most to me; and how myche more to thee, bothe in fleisch and in the Lord?¹⁷ Therfor if thou hast me a felowe, resseyue hym as me; for if he hath ony thing anoied thee,¹⁸ ethir owith, arette thou this thing to me.¹⁹ Y Poul wroot with myn hoond, Y schal yelde; that Y seie not to thee, that also thou owist to me thi silf.²⁰ So, brothir, Y schal vse thee in the Lord; fille thou myn entrails in Crist.²¹ Y tristnynge of thin obedience wroot to thee, witynge that thou schalt do ouer that that Y seie.²² Also make thou redi to me an hous to dwelle in; for Y hope that bi youre preyeris Y schal be youun to you.²³ Epafras, prisoner with me in Crist Jhesu,²⁴ greetith thee wel, and Mark, Aristark, Demas, Lucas, myn helperis.²⁵ The grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with youre spirit. Amen.