Philemon 1:7-10 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

7. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.

8. Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,

9. yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul – an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus –

10. that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains.

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