Philemon 1:9
because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit —
10I entreat thee concerning my child — whom I did beget in my bonds — Onesimus,
Cross References
Judges 21:22and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us [by] them, for we have not taken [to] each his wife in battle, for ye — ye have not given to them at this time [that] ye are guilty.'
Psalms 71:18And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
Isaiah 46:4Even to old age I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver.
2 Corinthians 5:20in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'
Ephesians 3:1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timotheus the brother, to Philemon our beloved and 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 →