Philemon 1:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 5:2 : 2 See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
  • Gal 6:11 : 11 See the size of the handwriting which I myself have made use of in writing to you.
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error, 20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
  • 1 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.
  • 1 Cor 16:21-22 : 21 I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing. 22 If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
  • 2 Cor 3:2 : 2 You yourselves are our letter, whose writing is in our heart, open for every man's reading and knowledge;

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