Philemon 7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷ For I have had great ^(A)joy and comfort in your love, because the ^[a]hearts of the ^[b]saints have been ^(B)refreshed through you, brother.

⁸ Therefore, ^(C)though I have ^[c]enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is ^(D)proper, ⁹ yet for love’s sake I rather ^(E)appeal to you—since I am such a person as Paul, ^[d]an ^(F)old man, and now also ^(G)a prisoner of ^(H)Christ Jesus—