¶ 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.
Philemon 1:9 - William Tyndale New Testament yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Iesu Christe's sake. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
¶ 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.
¶ Now then are we messengers in the room of Christ: even as though God did beseech you thorow us: So pray we you in Christe's stead, that ye be at one with God:
¶ We as helpers therefore exhort you, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
For ye are all the sons of God, by the faith which is in Christ Iesus.
¶ For this cause I Paul the servant of Iesus am in bonds, For your sakes which are gentiles.
¶ I therefore which am in bonds for the Lord's sake exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.
¶ And I thank him that hath made me strong in Christ Iesu our Lord: for he counted me true,
That the elder men be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith, in love and in patience.
I desire you therefore somewhat the more abundantly, that ye so do, that I may be restored to you quickly.
¶ Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers, and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which fight against the soul,