8. Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
9. yet for love’s sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
10. I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
11. who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:
12. whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart: