4. I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers,
5. hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
6. that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.
7. For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
8. Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
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:
10. I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
11. who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:
12. whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart: