Philemon 1:10
I beseech you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in these chains.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
In Context
9yet for love’s sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!
11Once you found him "unprofitable," but now he is "profitable" to you and to me.
Cross References
Mark 9:17"Master," answered one of the crowd, "I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit in him;
Galatians 4:19O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you!
1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, my true son in the faith; Grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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 →