Philemon 1:9
I would rather ask you this favor out of love. Old Paul, now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus,
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8That's why even though I'm brave enough in Christ to order you to do your duty,
10is appealing to you on behalf of Onesimus who became my adopted son during my imprisonment.
Cross References
Judges 21:22If their fathers or brothers come complaining to us, we'll tell them, ‘Please do us a favor, because we couldn't find enough wives for them in the war. And it's not as if you're guilty of breaking the oath since you didn't give them in marriage.’”
Psalms 71:18Even though I'm old and gray, please don't abandon me, God. Let me tell the new generation about your power. Let me explain to all who are to come the great things you do.
Isaiah 46:4Even when you're old, I will still be your God; even when your hair turns white, I will still support you. I made you, I will carry you, I will support you, and I will save you.
2 Corinthians 5:20So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God is pleading through us: “Please, won't you come back and be God's friend?”
Ephesians 3:1This is why, I, Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for the sake of you foreigners,
Philemon 1:1This letter is sent from Paul, prisoner of Jesus Christ, and from our brother Timothy, to Philemon, our good friend and co-worker;
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 →