Philemon 1:10 KJV

Philemon · chapter 1 · verse 10 · King James Version

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:Philemon 1:10 · King James Version

Philemon 1:10 in context

8Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

OnesimusonēsimosOnesimus = &quot profitable or useful&quot , a Christian slave of PhilemonG3682 →
begottengennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
beseechparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
sonteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →