¹⁵ For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.^(A)

¹⁹ My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,^(A)

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each builder choose with care how to build on it.^(A)

²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I might become a partner in it.

²³ You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.^[a](A)

¹⁸ In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.^(A)

¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.

¹⁰ I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.^{(A) 11} Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful^[a] to^[b] you and to me. ¹² I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.^[c]

⁴ To Titus, my true child^[a] in the faith we share:

Grace^[b] and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.^(A)

³ For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires^(A)