Philemon 1:7-9
Philemon 1: 7 to 9
7 For we have great joy and encouragement on account of your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed through you, brother.
8 Paul Pleads for Onesimus Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do that which is proper,
9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—