Philemon 1:9

I prefer to appeal to you on the ground of love. Well then, as Paul the old man, who now-a-days is a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

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Philemon 1:9

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

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Love's sake

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

So I am an envoy for Christ, God appealing by me, as it were ??be reconciled to God, I entreat you on behalf of Christ.

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

I urge you to this all the more, that I may get back to you the sooner.

Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.

Prisoner

Paul a prisoner of Christ Jesus and brother Timotheus, to our beloved fellow-worker Philemon,

For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,