Philemon 1:10

World English Bible

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

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Philemon 1:10 in other translations

I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

Philemon 1:10 · American Standard Version

Philemon 1:10 in context

  1. 8Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
  2. 9yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
  3. 10I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
  4. 11who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
  5. 12I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,