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Philemon 1:9

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yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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Philemon 1:9 in other translations

yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

Philemon 1:9 · American Standard Version

Philemon 1:9 in context

  1. 7For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
  2. 8Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
  3. 9yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
  4. 10I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
  5. 11who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.