Philemon 8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸ Therefore, ^(A)though I have ^[a]enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is ^(B)proper, ⁹ yet for love’s sake I rather ^(C)appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, ^[b]an ^(D)old man, and now also ^(E)a prisoner of ^(F)Christ Jesus—

Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man

¹⁰ I ^(G)appeal to you for my ^[c](H)son ^[d](I)Onesimus, whom I ^[e]fathered in my ^[f]imprisonment,