Philemon

A   |   1-3.   Opening salutation.

     B   |   4-7.   Bowels of the saints refreshed — thy love and faith.

          C   |   a   |   8-10.   I might order — I exhort for love’s sake.

                       b   |   11.   Onesimus, once unprofitable, now profitable.

                           c   |   12.   Receive him that is my bowels.

                               d   |   13.   I would have retained (him).

                   a   |   14.   Not of necessity, but willingly.

                               d   |   15, 16.   Thou receive him for ever.

                           c   |   17.   Receive him as myself.

                       b   |   18, 19.   Onesimus — If he wronged thee,

                                                            or oweth thee ought — I pay.

     B   |   20-22.   Refresh my bowels — thy obedience.

A   |   23-25.   Closing salutation.