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9 yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
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9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you —since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
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9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you —since I am such a person as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus—
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9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
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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:
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9 Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ.
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9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
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9 But we love each other. And I would rather appeal to you on the basis of that love. I, Paul, am an old man. I am now also a prisoner because of Christ Jesus.
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9 But instead, because of love, I will ask you, ‘Please do it.’ I, Paul, am an old man. Also, I am in prison now because I serve Christ Jesus.
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9 because of the love I rather plead, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;
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