Philemon 1:9 CPDV

⁷  For I have found great joy and consolation in your charity, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

⁸  Because of this, I have enough confidence in Christ Jesus to command you concerning certain things,

⁹  but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰  I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.

¹¹  In times past, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to me and to you.