Philemon 1:9
“Yet for loues sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Iesus Christ.”
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Philemon 1:9 Context
7For wee haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the Saints are refreshed by thee, brother. 8Wherefore, though I might bee much bolde in Christ to enioyne thee that which is conuenient; 9Yet for loues sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Iesus Christ. 10I beseech thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bonds, 11Which in time past was to thee vnprofitable: but now profitable to thee and to me:
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Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
- King James Version
yet for love's sake I rather appeal {to you}--since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--
- New American Standard Version (1995)