Philemon 1:9 meaning and explanation
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
Philemon 1:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes from prison to Philemon, a slave owner whose runaway slave Onesimus had met Paul and become a believer. In verse 8 Paul says he could command Philemon as an apostle, but in verse 9 he chooses instead to appeal on the basis of love.
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