14 I do not write these things to (A)shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved (B)children.

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Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(A) but to warn you as my dear children.(B)

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13 Now in the same way in (A)exchange—I am speaking as to (B)children—open wide your hearts to us, you as well.

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13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children(A)—open wide your hearts(B) also.

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19 (A)My children, with whom (B)I am again in labor until (C)Christ is formed in you—

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19 My dear children,(A) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(B)

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11 just as you know how we were (A)exhorting and encouraging and (B)imploring each one of you as (C)a father would his own children,

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11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(A)

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To (A)Timothy, (B)my true [a]son in the faith: (C)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and (D)Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:2 Or child

To Timothy(A) my true son(B) in the faith:

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(C)

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To (A)Timothy, my beloved [a](B)son: (C)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:2 Or child

To Timothy,(A) my dear son:(B)

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(C)

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Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man

10 I (A)appeal to you for my (B)[a]son [b](C)Onesimus, whom I [c]fathered in my [d]imprisonment,

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  1. Philemon 1:10 Or child
  2. Philemon 1:10 I.e., useful
  3. Philemon 1:10 I.e., led to the Lord
  4. Philemon 1:10 Lit bonds

10 that I appeal to you for my son(A) Onesimus,[a](B) who became my son while I was in chains.(C)

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  1. Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful.

Christ Is Our Advocate

(A)My little children, I am (B)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, (C)we have an [a](D)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

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  1. 1 John 2:1 Or Intercessor

My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

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