Philemon 1:10
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I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.

1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

1 Corinthians 4:15
For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

Colossians 4:9
With Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is one of you. All things that are done here, they shall make known to you.

Philemon 1:11
Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:

Philemon 1:13
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered to me in the bands of the gospel.

3 John 1:4
I have no greater grace than this, to hear that my children walk in truth.

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I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,

my son.

2 Samuel 9:1-7 And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake? . . .

2 Samuel 18:5 And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:37,38 But I beseech thee let thy servant return, and die in my own city, and be buried by the sepulchre of my father, and of my mother. But there is thy servant Chamaam, let him go with thee, my lord, the king, and do to him whatsoever seemeth good to thee. . . .

Mark 9:17 And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought my son to thee, having a dumb spirit.

1 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, his beloved son in faith. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Titus 1:4 To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.

Onesimus.

Colossians 4:9 With Onesimus, a most beloved and faithful brother, who is one of you. All things that are done here, they shall make known to you.

whom.

1 Corinthians 4:15 For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I am in labour again, until Christ be formed in you.

Context
Paul's Appeal for Onesimus
9For charity sake I rather beseech, whereas thou art such a one, as Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also of Jesus Christ. 10I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus, 11Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:…
Lexicon
I appeal
Παρακαλῶ (Parakalō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.

to you
σε (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

for
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

my
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

child
τέκνου (teknou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5043: A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.

Onesimus,
Ὀνήσιμον (Onēsimon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3682: From oninemi; profitable; Onesimus, a Christian.

whose
ὃν (hon)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

father I became
ἐγέννησα (egennēsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

[while I was] in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

chains.
δεσμοῖς (desmois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1199: Or desmos des-mos' neuter and masculine respectively from deo; a band, i.e. Ligament or shackle; figuratively, an impediment or disability.


Additional Translations
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

I exhort you for my child whom I have begotten in chains, Onesimus,

I beseech you 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 exhort thee for my child, whom I have begotten in [my] bonds, Onesimus,

I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

I entreat you on behalf of my own child whose father I have become while in my chains--I mean Onesimus.

I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,

I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,
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