Philemon 9-11

English Standard Version

⁹ yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now ^(A)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— ¹⁰ I appeal to you for ^(B)my child, ^(C)Onesimus,^{[a] (D)}whose father I became in my imprisonment. ¹¹ (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)