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Philemon 1:9
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Philemon 1:9
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yet for
love's
sake
I
rather
1
appeal
to you-since I
am
such
a
person
as
Paul
,
[a]
the
2
aged
, and
now
also
3
a
prisoner
of
4
Christ
Jesus
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For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
8
Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
9
yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you-since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus -
10
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,
11
who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.
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4
1.
Romans 12:1
2.
Titus 2:2
3.
Philemon 1
4.
Galatians 3:26
;
1 Timothy 1:12
;
Philemon 23
Footnotes
1
[a].
Or "an ambassador"
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