Philemon 1:10

I beseech thee for my son, whom I had begotten in my bonds for Onesimus;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

In Context

9But for love's sake, I earnestly beseech thee even I, Paul, who am aged, as thou knowest, and now also a prisoner for Jesus the Messiah.

11from whom formerly thou hadst no profit, but now very profitable will he be both to thee and to me; and whom I have sent to thee.

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Cross References

Mark 9:17And one of the multitude replied, and said: Teacher, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a spirit that will not speak.

Galatians 4:19Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.

1 Timothy 1:2to Timothy, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace, from God our Father, and the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

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 →

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