Therefore, (A)though I have [a]enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is (B)proper, yet for love’s sake I rather (C)appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, [b]an (D)old man, and now also (E)a prisoner of (F)Christ Jesus—

Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man

10 I (G)appeal to you for my (H)[c]son [d](I)Onesimus, whom I [e]fathered in my [f]imprisonment,

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:8 Lit much
  2. Philemon 1:9 Or an ambassador
  3. Philemon 1:10 Or child
  4. Philemon 1:10 I.e., useful
  5. Philemon 1:10 I.e., led to the Lord
  6. Philemon 1:10 Lit bonds

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