A Beautiful Specimen of Christian Humility and Genuine Pathos
Philemon 1:9
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.…


I might be bold to command thee in Christ's name, by which I am strong; but thou dost not need any argument derived from my strength: and for love's sake I rather beseech thee by my own weakness, by my years, and by my chains. Such language — the language of entreaty — best befits me now in my prison and in my old age.

(Bp. Chris. Wordsworth.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

WEB: yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.




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