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Philemon 7-9
International Standard Version
Philemon 7-9
International Standard Version
7 For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.
Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
8 For this reason, although in the Messiah[a] I have complete freedom to order you to do what is proper, 9 I prefer to make my appeal on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an old man and now a prisoner of the Messiah[b] Jesus,
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- Philemon 1:8 Or Christ
- Philemon 1:9 Or Christ
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