I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds,
Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought my son to You, because he has a mute spirit.
Therefore, brothers, I exhort you through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your intelligent service.
I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.
For though you might have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you!
with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all the things happening here.
To Timothy, a genuine child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
To Titus, a genuine child according to our common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
who once was unprofitable to you, but now is useful to you and to me,
whom I wished to keep with myself, in order that on your behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the gospel.
I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear that my children are walking in truth.