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

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.

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

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,

² 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.

² To ^(A)Timothy, my beloved ^[a](B)son: ^(C)Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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,

Christ Is Our Advocate

2 ^(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;