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Philemon 7-9
Lexham English Bible
Philemon 7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Paul’s Appeal for Onesimus
8 Therefore, although I[a] have great confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper, 9 instead I appeal to you because of love, since I[b] am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
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- Philemon 1:8 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have”) which is understood as concessive
- Philemon 1:9 Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am”) which is understood as causal
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