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Philemon 1:9

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Love for others

7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

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.

10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee 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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20

    Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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  • Romans 12:1

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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  • Ephesians 4:1

    I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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  • Ephesians 3:1

    For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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  • Philemon 1:1–25

    Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

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  • Proverbs 16:31

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

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  • Isaiah 46:4

    And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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  • 1 Peter 2:11

    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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