Philemon 1:9
I rather for love’s sake entreat, being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherefore, though I have in Christ great liberty to enjoin thee what is becoming,
10I entreat thee for my son, whom I have begotten during my bonds, Onesimus:
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God exhorted you by us; we entreat you for Christ’s sake, be ye reconciled to God.
Ephesians 3:1FOR this cause am I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Philemon 1:1PAUL, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy a brother, to Philemon the beloved, and our fellow-labourer,
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 →