yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—

who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.