King James Version with Apocrypha
"I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:"
— Philemon 1:10, King James Version with Apocrypha
“I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:”
“I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, ”
“I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,”
“I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,”
“I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,”
“My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,”
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
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:
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: