Philemon 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Philemon 1:9 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 21:22When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
- Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
- Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
- Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
- Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
- Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
- Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- Philemon 1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
- Hebrews 13:19And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
- 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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