I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.
Now that I am old and gray, do not forsake me, God, That I may proclaim your might to all generations yet to come, Your power
Do not cast me aside in my old age; as my strength fails, do not forsake me.
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by a life that is just.
Even to your old age I am he, even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety.
I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.
Because of this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ [Jesus] for you Gentiles—
I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that I may have the courage to speak as I must. A Final Message.
I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry.
that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance.
I especially ask for your prayers that I may be restored to you very soon.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul.
When their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we shall say to them, ‘Release them to us as a kindness, since we did not take a woman for every man in battle. Nor did you yourselves give your daughters to them, thus incurring guilt.’”