Philemon 1:9 Cross References - Geneva

⁹ Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ.

⁹ Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

¹⁸ Yea, euen vnto mine olde age and graie head, O God: forsake me not, vntill I haue declared thine arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them, that shall come.

³¹ Age is a crowne of glory, when it is founde in the way of righteousnes.

⁴ Therefore vnto olde age, I the same, euen I will beare you vntill the hoare heares: I haue made you: I will also beare you, and I will cary you and I will deliuer you.

¹ I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God.

²⁰ Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.

¹ So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.

¹ For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,

¹ I therefore, being prisoner in the Lord, praie you that yee walke worthie of the vocation whereunto yee are called,

¹ Paul a prisoner of Iesus Christ, and our brother Timotheus, vnto Philemon our deare friende, and fellowe helper, ² And to our deare sister Apphia, and to Archippus our fellowe souldier, and to the Church that is in thine house: ³ Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ. ⁴ I giue thanks to my God, making mention alwaies of thee in my praiers, ⁵ (When I heare of thy loue and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes) ⁶ That the fellowship of thy faith may bee made effectuall, and that whatsoeuer good thing is in you through Christ Iesus, may be knowen. ⁷ For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted. ⁸ Wherefore, though I bee very bolde in Christ to commaund thee that which is conuenient, ⁹ Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ. ¹⁰ I beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes, ¹¹ Which in times past was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable both to thee and to me, ¹² Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels, ¹³ Whom I woulde haue reteined with mee, that in thy steade he might haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospel. ¹⁴ But without thy minde woulde I doe nothing, that thy benefite should not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly. ¹⁵ It may be that he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receiue him for euer, ¹⁶ Not now as a seruant, but aboue a seruant, euen as a brother beloued, specially to me: howe much more then vnto thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord? ¹⁷ If therefore thou count our thinges common, receiue him as my selfe. ¹⁸ If he hath hurt thee, or oweth thee ought, that put on mine accounts. ¹⁹ I Paul haue written this with mine owne hande: I will recompense it, albeit I doe not say to thee, that thou owest moreouer vnto me euen thine owne selfe. ²⁰ Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord. ²¹ Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote vnto thee, knowing that thou wilt do eue more then I say. ²² Moreouer also prepare mee lodging: for I trust through your prayers I shall be freely giuen vnto you. ²³ There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christ Iesus, ²⁴ Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my felowe helpers. ²⁵ The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your spirit, Amen.

¹⁹ And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

¹¹ Dearely beloued, I beseeche you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soule,