Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

appeal to you for my son, Onesimus. I fathered him while I was in chains.

New American Standard Bible

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment,

King James Version

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

International Standard Version

appeal to you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

A Conservative Version

I beseech thee for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds.

American Standard Version

I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

Amplified

I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child Onesimus, whom I have fathered [in the faith] while a captive in these chains.

An Understandable Version

I appeal to you on behalf of my son, Onesimus, whom I [spiritually] conceived while [here] in prison.

Anderson New Testament

I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds,

Bible in Basic English

My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

Common New Testament

10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and intercede with you for my son Onesimus, whom I made a convert whilst I was in chains.

Darby Translation

I exhort thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

Godbey New Testament

I exhort you concerning my son, whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus,

Goodspeed New Testament

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become here in prison.

John Wesley New Testament

I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, Who was formerly unprofitable to thee,

Julia Smith Translation

I beseech thee for my child whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus.

King James 2000

I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

Lexham Expanded Bible

I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus.

Modern King James verseion

I entreat you for my child Onesimus, whom I have fathered in my bonds,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds,

Moffatt New Testament

I appeal to you on behalf of my spiritual son born while I was in prison. It is Onesimus!

Montgomery New Testament

I beseech you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in these chains.

NET Bible

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

New Heart English Bible

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

Noyes New Testament

I beseech thee for my child, whom I begot in my bonds, Onesimus;

Sawyer New Testament

I request you for my son Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds,

The Emphasized Bible

I exhort thee concerning my own child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, - Onesimus:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I entreat thee for my son, whom I have begotten during my bonds, Onesimus:

Twentieth Century New Testament

I plead with you for this Child of mine, Onesimus, to whom, in my parson, I have become a Father.

Webster

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

Weymouth New Testament

I entreat you on behalf of my own child whose father I have become while in my chains--I mean Onesimus.

Williams New Testament

yes, I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become while wearing these chains.

World English Bible

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

Worrell New Testament

I beseech you for my child, whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus,

Worsley New Testament

I intreat thee then for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds,

Youngs Literal Translation

I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

σέ 
Se 
thee, thou, thy house, not tr
Usage: 110

for
περί 
Peri 
Usage: 254

my
ἐμοῦ 
Emou 
μοῦ 
Mou 
me, my, mine
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 36
Usage: 313

son
τέκνον 
Teknon 
Usage: 69

Ὀνήσιμος 
onesimos 
Usage: 2

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

γεννάω 
Gennao 
Usage: 84

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Verse Info

Context Readings

An Appeal For Onesimus

9 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, 10 appeal to you for my son, Onesimus. I fathered him while I was in chains. 11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.

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