“I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:”
Philemon 1:10 (KJV) |
Philemon 1:10
From Philemon 1, in the Book of Philemon (New Testament).
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Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
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.
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: