* 1 2 Cor 1.1; Eph 3.1; Phil 2.25

a 2 Other ancient authorities add beloved

b 2 Gk your is singular

* 2 Rom 16.5; Phil 2.25; Col 4.17

c 4 In verses 4–21, you is singular

* 5 Eph 1.15; Col 1.4

d 6 Other ancient authorities read you (plural)

e 6 Other ancient authorities add Jesus

f 7 Other ancient authorities read we have

* 7 v 20; 2 Cor 7.13

g 9 Or as an ambassador of Christ Jesus, and now also his prisoner

* 10 1 Cor 4.14, 15; Col 4.9

h 11 The name Onesimus means useful or beneficial

i 11 Other ancient authorities read both to

j 12 Other ancient authorities read you; receive him

* 13 Phil 1.7

* 14 2 Cor 9.7; 1 Pet 5.2

* 16 Mt 23.8; Col 3.22; 1 Tim 6.2

* 17 2 Cor 8.23

k 20 Other ancient authorities read in the Lord

* 21 2 Cor 2.3

* 22 Acts 28.23; 2 Cor 1.11; Phil 1.25; 2.24

l 23 Here you is singular

* 23 Col 1.7

* 24 Acts 12.12; Col 4.10

m 25 Other ancient authorities add Amen

* 25 2 Tim 4.22