Phile 9 | NET2full | STEP | I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love —I, Paul , an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus

Philemon 9

9 I would rather appeal ^{▼▼tn Or “encourage.”} to you on the basis of love—I, Paul, an old man ^{▼▼tn Or perhaps “an ambassador” (so RSV, TEV), reading πρεσβευτής for πρεσβύτης (a conjecture proposed by Bentley, cf. BDAG 863 s.v. πρεσβύτης). NRSV reads “old man” and places “ambassador” in a note.} and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus ^{▼▼tn Grk “a prisoner of Christ Jesus.”} —