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,

Once you found him a worthless character, but now-a-days he is worth something to you and me.

no longer a mere slave but something more than a slave ??a beloved brother; especially dear to me but how much more to you as a man and as a Christian!

I send you this letter relying on your obedience; I know you will do even more than I tell you.