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Philemon 8-10
English Standard Version
Philemon 8-10
English Standard Version
Paul's Plea for Onesimus
8 Accordingly, (A)though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do (B)what is required, 9 yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now (C)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10 I appeal to you for (D)my child, (E)Onesimus,[a] (F)whose father I became in my imprisonment.
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- Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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