You Want A Piece Of Me

Philemon 1:17-25

"If then you consider me a partner and acomrade in fellowship, welcome and receive him as you would [welcome and receive] me.

And if he has done you any wrong in any way or owes anything [to you], charge that to my account.

I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]—and that is to say nothing [of the fact] that you owe me your very self!

Yes, brother, let me have some profit from you in the Lord. Cheer and refresh my heart in Christ.

I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

At the same time prepare a guest room [in expectation of extending your hospitality] to me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted [the gracious privilege of coming] to you.

Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah),

And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with your spirit. Amen (so be it)."

Here Paul is writing in his own hand to his Brother In Jesus, who he led to Jesus... Philemon had a slave who ran away from him, and was with Paul. Paul led this slave of Pilemon's to Jesus... It was time for the slave to return to his owner, and Paul was saying, "I Love This Brother Too..." Just like I Love you... If he owes you I will pay in full the debt... At the "Home of Amazing Grace," I use to tell the disciples; "Do you want a piece of me..." Well you got it, in my cloths, jewelry, shoes, gifts, time, money, and love... That is what Paul wanted was to love these Brothers into pieces of Jesus' Character... Jesus Is Love...

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