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.… I might be bold to command thee in Christ's name, by which I am strong; but thou dost not need any argument derived from my strength: and for love's sake I rather beseech thee by my own weakness, by my years, and by my chains. Such language — the language of entreaty — best befits me now in my prison and in my old age. (Bp. Chris. Wordsworth.) 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. |
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