Philemon 1:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

Cross References

Psalm 71:18

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

Psalm 71:9

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

Proverbs 16:31

The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

Isaiah 46:4

Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.

Romans 12:1

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

Galatians 3:26

Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1

I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

1 Timothy 1:12

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

Titus 2:2

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

Hebrews 13:19

I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

1 Peter 2:11

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

Judges 21:22

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.