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But because I love you, I would rather not tell you, but ask you to do this for me. I, Paul, am an old man and now I am in prison because I belong to Jesus Christ.

10 I am asking you to do something for my son. He became a Christian here in prison. This son is Onesimus.

11 At one time he was no help to you. But now he is a big help to you and to me.

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yet I prefer to appeal to you(A) on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner(B) of Christ Jesus— 10 that I appeal to you for my son(C) Onesimus,[a](D) who became my son while I was in chains.(E) 11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful.