Reverence Due to Old Age
W. Jones, D. D. Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Old men are to be reverenced — 1. For their very age, because they draw nearest to the Ancient of Days (Leviticus 19:32). 2. For their wisdom. 3. For their experience. 4. For their piety (Proverbs 16:31). (W. Jones, D. D.) Parallel Verses 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 beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.