Paul’s Fatherly Care

¹⁴ I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.^(A)

¹⁹ My children,^(A) I am again suffering labor pains^(B) for you until Christ is formed in you.

² To Timothy,^(A) my true son in the faith.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the^[a] Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁰ appeal to you for my son,^(A) Onesimus.^[a](B) I became his father^(C) while I was in chains.