Philemon 1:21

1:21 Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than ¹  what I am asking you to do.

Philemon 1:9

1:9 I would rather appeal ²  to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man ³  and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus ⁴  –

[1:21]  ¹ tn Grk “that you would even go beyond.”

[1:9]  ² tn Or “encourage.”

[1:9]  ³ 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.

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “a prisoner of Christ Jesus.”