Philemon 1:9

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“yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“yet for love`s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:”

— ASV

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Romans 12:1 "Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your …"
2 Corinthians 5:20 "We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."
Ephesians 4:1 "I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,"
Ephesians 3:1 "For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,"
Philemon 1:1-25 "Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,"
Psalms 71:9 "Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails."
Hebrews 13:19 "I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner."
1 Peter 2:11 "Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"

Commentary

for love's sake--mine to thee, and (what ought to be) thine to Onesimus. Or, that Christian love of which thou showest so bright an example (Plm 1:7). being such an one--Explain, Being such a one as thou knowest me to be, namely, Paul--the founder of so many churches, and an apostle of Christ, and thy father in the faith. the aged--a circumstance calculated to secure thy respect for anything I request. and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--the strongest claim I have on thy regard: if for no other reason, at least in consideration of this, through commiseration gratify me.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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