Books of the Bible / Philemon
Random Verse from Philemon
Roll a random verse from Philemon -- 1 chapter, 25 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,”
Philemon 1:1
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Philemon (summary)
Philemon is book 57 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 1 chapter and 25 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Philemon compared to other books of the Bible?
Philemon is the 62th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 25 verses across 1 chapter -- an average of 25 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Philemon sit among the other New Testament books?
Philemon is book 18 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 57 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Philemon?
Titus comes directly before it (3 chapters). Hebrews comes directly after it (13 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 25 verses in Philemon -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.