Philemon 8-10

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Paul asks Philemon to help Onesimus

⁸ I want to ask you to do something. I am sure that Christ has given me authority. So I could tell you strongly what you should do. ⁹ But instead, because of love, I will ask you, ‘Please do it.’ I, Paul, am an old man. Also, I am in prison now because I serve Christ Jesus. ¹⁰ So I am asking you to help Onesimus, who is like my own child. I taught him about Jesus while I was in prison. Because of that, he now has life with God. I am like his father.