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I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
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7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8 Wherefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient.
9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such 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 profitable to thee and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, my own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel:
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