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Philemon 1:9

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

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

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

⁹I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

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

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

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