Philemon 1:8 BBE

⁶  That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

⁷  For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

⁸  And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

⁹  Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

¹⁰  My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,