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Philemon 8-10
New Testament for Everyone
Philemon 8-10
New Testament for Everyone
Paul’s appeal
8 Because of all this I could be very bold in the Messiah, and order you to do the right thing. 9 But, because of love, I’d much rather appeal to you—yes, it’s me, Paul, speaking, an old man as I am and now a prisoner of Messiah Jesus! 10 I am appealing to you about my child, the one I have fathered here in prison: Onesimus, “Mr Useful.”
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Philemon 8-10
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Philemon 8-10
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Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
8 Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, 9 yet I prefer to appeal to you(A) on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner(B) of Christ Jesus— 10 that I appeal to you for my son(C) Onesimus,[a](D) who became my son while I was in chains.(E)
Footnotes
- Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful.
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