Philemon 1:9
yet for love’s sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8And so, although I might be bold in Christ to dictate to you what is fitting,
10I beseech you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in these chains.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:20On Christ’s behalf, then, I come as ambassador. It is as though God was entreating you, through me, on Christ’s behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
Philemon 1:1To my beloved friend and coworker Philemon,
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 →