Philemon 1:9
because of love I rather beseech, being such as aged Paul, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command thee that which is befitting,
10I beseech thee for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds.
Cross References
Judges 21:22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we took not for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them to them, e
Psalms 71:18Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.
Isaiah 46:4And even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs I will carry [you]. I have made, and I will bear, yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved and co-workman,
Matthew Henry on Philemon 1:9-25
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. ( a. d. 62.) 8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 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. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13… Read the whole commentary →