Philemon 1:10

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Col 4:9 : 9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Titus 1:4 : 4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
  • 2 Sam 9:1-7 : 1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" 2 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" He said, "Your servant is he." 3 The king said, "Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet." 4 The king said to him, "Where is he?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar." 5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!" 7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You shall eat bread at my table continually."
  • 2 Sam 18:5 : 5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 19:37-38 : 37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you." 38 The king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you."
  • Mark 9:17 : 17 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phlm 1:8-9
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    87%

    8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

    9 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

  • Phlm 1:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    11 who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.

    12 I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

    13 whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.

  • Col 4:9
    76%

    9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

  • Phlm 1:15-20
    6 verses
    74%

    15 For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,

    16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

    17 If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.

    18 But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

    19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).

    20 Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

  • Phlm 1:1-2
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    74%

    1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,

    2 to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

  • 1 Cor 4:15-17
    3 verses
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    15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

    16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

    17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

  • 2 Tim 1:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

    17 but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

    18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,

  • Rom 1:9-10
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    9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

    10 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

  • Rom 15:30
    71%

    30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8 Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.

    9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

  • Heb 13:19
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    19 I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
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    1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

    2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

  • Phlm 1:22-23
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    70%

    22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

    23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

  • Eph 3:1
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    1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

  • Eph 4:1
    69%

    1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

  • Gal 4:19
    68%

    19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you--

  • Heb 13:22
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    22 But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.

  • Phil 1:8
    67%

    8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 1:13
    67%

    13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

  • Col 1:7
    67%

    7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,

  • 1 Tim 1:3
    67%

    3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

  • Phil 4:2
    67%

    2 I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

  • Col 4:18
    67%

    18 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

  • Phil 2:22
    67%

    22 But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.

  • Phil 1:30
    67%

    30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

  • Phlm 1:4
    66%

    4 I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,

  • Eph 3:14
    66%

    14 For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 2 Tim 2:1
    66%

    1 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 1:4
    66%

    4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all making my requests with joy,

  • 2 Tim 1:4
    66%

    4 longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • Col 4:12
    66%

    12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  • 2 Tim 1:2
    66%

    2 to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.