And one of the company answered and said: Master I have brought my son unto thee, which hath a dumb spirit.
Philemon 1:10 - William Tyndale New Testament I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child, Onesimus [meaning profitable], whom I have begotten [in the faith] while a captive in these chains. American Standard Version (1901) I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, Common English Bible appeal to you for my child Onesimus. I became his father in the faith during my time in prison. Catholic Public Domain Version I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus, |
And one of the company answered and said: Master I have brought my son unto thee, which hath a dumb spirit.
¶ I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulness of God that ye make your bodies a quick sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God which is your reasonable serving of God.
¶ I write not these things to shame you: but as my beloved sons I warn you.
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu, I have begotten you thorow the gospell.
¶ My little children (of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be fashioned in you)
with one Onesimus a faithful, and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall shew you of all things which are a doing here.
¶ Unto Timothy his natural son in the faith. ¶ Grace mercy and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Iesu Christ.
¶ To Titus his natural son in the common faith. ¶ Grace mercy and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Iesu Christ our saviour.
which in time passed was to thee unprofitable: but now profitable both to thee and also to me,
whom I would fain have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospell.
I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.