World English Bible
Philemon 1:8
“Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,”
Verse in context — Philemon 1
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that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.
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For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
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Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
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yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
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