Philemon 1:8

Philemon 1:8

6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective ^aby the acknowledgment of ^bevery good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

7 For we¹ have great joy and consolation in your love, because the⁴ hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

The Plea for Onesimus

8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,

9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—

10 I appeal to you for my son ^aOnesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,

11 who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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.

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