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Philemon 9

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9yet for love’s sake I rather rbeseech thee, being such an one as Paul sthe aged, and now also aa prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. rSee Rom. 12:1.
  2. sLuke 1:18. Tit. 2:2 in the Gk.
  3. aver. 9. See Eph. 3:1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

NLTNew Living Translation

But because of our love, I prefer simply to ask you. Consider this as a request from me—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

instead I appeal to you because of love, since I am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.