Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Wherefore—Because of my love to thee, I prefer to "beseech," rather than "enjoin," or authoritatively command.
I might . . . enjoin—in virtue of the obligation to obedience which Philemon lay under to Paul, as having been converted through his instrumentality.
in Christ—the element in which his boldness has place.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Philemon 1:8:
Philemon 1:21
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