# Philemon 1.1

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**Book:** [Philemon](/codex/philemon/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,**
>
> 2. and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the church in thy house: 3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philemon 1:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,**
>
> 2. to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house: 3. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philemon 1:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,**
>
> 2. And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: 3. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philemon 1:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,**
>
> 2. and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house: 3. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ! (Philemon 1:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G5547 - christos](/codex/g5547-christos/), *christos*, Strong's G5547
- [G2424 - Iesous](/codex/g2424-iesous/), *Iesous*, Strong's G2424

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## Quoted in

**Passages:**

- [1 Thessalonians 1.1](/codex/1-thessalonians-1-1/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.