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Philemon 1:9

JesusPaul
Love for others

7 I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

8 So although in Christ I am bold enough to order you to do what is proper,

I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
KJV
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
WEB
yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
ASV
yet for love`s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
DARBY
for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also prisoner of Jesus Christ.
BLB
because of love, rather, I exhort [you], being such a one as Paul, now an elderly man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
ÅB
så spør jeg heller, for kjærlighetens skyld. Jeg, den aldrende Paulus, som nå også er Jesu Kristi fange,
OTB
foretrekker jeg likevel for kjærlighetens skyld å appellere til deg—som en som Paulus, en gammel mann og nå også en fange for Kristus Jesus—
B1930
så ber jeg dog heller, for kjærlighetens skyld. Slik som jeg er, den gamle Paulus, men nu også Kristi Jesu fange,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

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  • Romans 12:1

    Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

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  • Ephesians 4:1

    As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

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  • Ephesians 3:1

    For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

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  • Philemon 1:1–25

    Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

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  • Proverbs 16:31

    Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 46:4

    Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

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  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

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