King James Version
Philemon 1:10 in the King James Version says “I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:” — study this verse from Philemon chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:”
Philemon 1:10 · KJV
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
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.
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I beseech”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“for”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“I have begotten”
G1080to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
“bonds”
G1199a band, i.e., ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability
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