Philemon 1:9

yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus--

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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 appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Prisoner

Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles--

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,