Philemon 1:9
yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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8Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
10I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
Cross References
Judges 21:22It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take wives for each man in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'"
Psalms 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, do not forsake me,until I have declared your strength to the next generation,your might to everyone who is to come.
Isaiah 46:4and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Ephesians 3:1For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved 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 →