Philemon 1:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ yet for love’s sake I appeal to you instead. I, Paul, am an old man and now also a prisoner belonging to Messiah Yeshua.

More versions

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 until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Psalm 71:9

Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory, found on the path of righteousness.

Isaiah 46:4

Even to your old age I will be the same, until you are gray I will carry you. I have done it; I will bear you; I will carry you; I will deliver you.

Romans 12:1

I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.

2 Corinthians 5:20

We are therefore ambassadors for Messiah, as though God were making His appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Since we are co-laboring, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God through trusting in Messiah Yeshua.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, am a prisoner of Messiah Yeshua for the sake of you Gentiles.

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you were called—

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, the way I should.

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Messiah Yeshua our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to service—

Titus 2:2

Older men are to be clear-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

Hebrews 13:19

I especially urge you to do this, so that I may be restored to you sooner.

1 Peter 2:11

Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.

Judges 21:22

So it will be, if their fathers or brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously for us, because we did not provide each one of them his wife in battle—nor did you give the girls to them, else you would now be guilty.’”