# Philemon 25

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 23. Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee; 24. and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
>
> **25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.** (Philemon 1:23-25, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 23. Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 24. as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
>
> **25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.** (Philemon 1:23-25, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 23. There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 24. Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
>
> **25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. <sup>Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.</sup>** (Philemon 1:23-25, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 23. Salute thee doth Epaphras, (my fellow-captive in Christ Jesus,) 24. Markus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lukas, my fellow-workmen!
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> **25. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with your spirit! Amen.** (Philemon 1:23-25, YLT)

## Setting

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## 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._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

## 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.