Philemon 1:9

because of love I rather beseech, being such as aged Paul, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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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.

Love's sake

Prisoner

Philemon 1:1

Ephesians 3:1

Ephesians 4:1

Bible References

Love's sake

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain

I therefore, the prisoner in Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called,

But I urge you to do this even more, so that I may be restored to you sooner.

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Prisoner

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy the brother, to Philemon our beloved and co-workman,

For this reason I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

I therefore, the prisoner in Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called,