A moment in scripture
Philemon 1:10
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I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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The surrounding passage
- Philemon 1:8
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
- Philemon 1:9
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.
- Philemon 1:11
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
- Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.