Philemon 9-10
English Standard Version Anglicised
9 yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now (A)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for (B)my child, (C)Onesimus,[a] (D)whose father I became in my imprisonment.
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- Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)
Philemon 12-17
English Standard Version Anglicised
12 I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. 13 I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me (A)on your behalf (B)during my imprisonment for the gospel, 14 but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be (C)by compulsion but of your own accord. 15 For this perhaps is why (D)he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, 16 (E)no longer as a slave[a] but more than a slave, as (F)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, (G)both in the flesh and in the Lord.
17 So if you consider me (H)your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
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- Philemon 1:16 Greek bondservant; twice in this verse
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