Philemon 1:9

on account of love I rather request; being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of 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 EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service;

We are embassadors therefore for Christ, as though God besought you by us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled to God.

And being also co-laborers we exhort you not to receive the grace of God in vain,??2 for he says, In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you; behold, now is an acceptable time, behold, now is a day of salvation,??3 giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry may not be blamed,

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,

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

BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul,

Prisoner

PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy the brother, to the beloved. Philemon and our fellow-laborer,

For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles,

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,