Philemon 1:9-12 I prefer to appeal to you in the name of love, simply as what I am—Paul, no less an envoy of Christ Jesus, though now a prisoner for him

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ I prefer to appeal to you in the name of love, simply as what I am—Paul, no less an envoy of Christ Jesus, though now a prisoner for him ¹⁰ I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I have become here in prison. ¹¹ Once you found him useless, but now he has become useful to you and to me, ¹² and now that I send him back to you, it is like sending my very heart.