Philemon 1:9

Because of love I appeal to you, since I am Paul, the aged. I am also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

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Summary

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 request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making entreaty through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ that you be reconciled to God.

Working together with him we plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain (to no purpose) (in emptiness).

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, invite you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.

I exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Beloved, I request that you as aliens and strangers abstain from fleshly lust (desires), which causes conflict in you.

Prisoner

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

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you people of the nations.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, invite you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.