Philemon 8-14

Jubilee Bible 2000

⁸ ¶ Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command thee that which is expedient,

⁹ yet for the sake of charity I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds,

¹¹ who in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now is profitable to thee and to me,

¹² whom I send again unto thee; therefore, receive him, as you would receive me.

¹³ I desired to retain him with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel,

¹⁴ but I did not want to do anything without thy counsel, that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.