Philemon 1:9
yet because of love, I appeal to you instead—I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus.
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8Therefore, although I have all the boldness in Christ to command you to do what you should do,
10I am asking you concerning my child Onesimus, whom I have fathered in my chains.
Cross References
Judges 21:22When their fathers or their brothers come to protest to us, we will say to them, 'Show us favor! Let them remain because we did not get wives for each man during the war. You are innocent, since you did not give your daughters to them.'”
Psalms 71:18Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me, 1 as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation, 1 your power to everyone who is to come. 1
Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age I am he, and until your hair is gray I will carry you. 1 I made you and I will bear you; I will carry you and I will rescue you. 1
2 Corinthians 5:20So we are appointed as representatives of Christ, as though God were making his appeal through us. We plead with you, for the sake of Christ: “Be reconciled to God!”
Ephesians 3:1Because of this I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles.
Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and the brother Timothy to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow 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 →