8. Because of the authority Christ has given me, I could be bold. I could order you to do what you should do anyway.
9. But I make my appeal to you on the basis of our love for each other. I, Paul, am an old man. I am now also a prisoner because of Christ Jesus.
10. I make an appeal to you for my son Onesimus. He became a son to me while I was being held by chains.
11. Before that, he was useless to you. But now he has become useful to you and to me.