yet for love’s sake I rather (A)appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, [a]an (B)old man, and now also (C)a prisoner of (D)Christ Jesus—

Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man

10 I (E)appeal to you for my (F)[b]son [c](G)Onesimus, whom I [d]fathered in my [e]imprisonment, 11 who previously was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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

Bible Gateway Recommends