Philemon 1:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am–I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also–

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ I would rather appeal to you through love. I, Paul—an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus—

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul an old man, and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ.

Philemon 1:9 Cross References

Psalm 71:18

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power

Psalm 71:9

Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age I am he; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As we work together with him, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 3:26

for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.

Ephesians 3:1

This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

1 Timothy 1:12

I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,

Titus 2:2

Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Hebrews 13:19

I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you very soon.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.

Judges 21:22

Then if their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Be generous and allow us to have them, because we did not capture in battle a wife for each man. But neither did you incur guilt by giving your daughters to them.’ ”