Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. This language — 1. Supposes childhood and the scenes of life already past. 2. Suggests a review of the events of individual life. 3. Reminds us of the infirmities which years witness. 4. Shows Paul to us as an old disciple — not only a man, but a "new man," a man in Christ. 5. Contains a touching plea. 6. Suggests that the aged Christian has nearly finished his course. (J. S. Pearsall.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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