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.
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Verse 9 is found in chapter 1 of Philemon. Paul could command Philemon regarding what he should do, but instead chooses to appeal through love. Onesimus, previously useless to Philemon, is now presented as useful. The conceptual wordplay with his name transforms the personal situation into an opportunity to show how the gospel redefines relationships.
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so will ich doch um der Liebe willen nur vermahnen, der ich ein solcher bin, nämlich ein alter Paulus, nun aber auch ein Gebundener Jesu Christi.
Ruégote más bien por amor, siendo tal cual soy, Pablo viejo, y aun ahora prisionero de Jesucristo:
c'est de préférence au nom de la charité que je t'adresse une prière, étant ce que je suis, Paul, vieillard, et de plus maintenant prisonnier de Jésus-Christ.
pur nondimeno, più tosto ti prego per carità così come sono, Paolo, vecchio, ed al presente ancora prigione di Gesù Cristo;
Todavia peço-te antes por amor, sendo eu tal como sou, Paulo o velho, e também agora prisioneiro de Jesus Cristo.
可是像我這上了年紀的 保羅 ,現在又是為基督耶穌被囚的,寧可憑著愛心求你,
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