Philemon 1:10
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
KJV
παρακαλῶ σε περὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ τέκνου, ὃν ἐγέννησα ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς, Ὀνήσιμον,
Greek NT
obsecro te pro meo filio, quem genui in vinculis, Onesimo,
Vulgate
I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
ASV
I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bands, Onesimus,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γεννάω
gennao
verb · 97×
δεσμόν
desmon
noun · 18×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Ὀνήσιμος
onesimos
noun · 2×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: δεσμοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: δεσμοῖς | RP: + μου
- δεσμοῖς — SBLGNT
- δεσμοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:15 — For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
- 1Tim 1:2 — Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1Tim 1:18 — This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
- 2Sam 9:1 — And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
- 2Sam 18:5 — And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning
- 2Sam 19:37 — Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord t
- 3John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
- Col 4:9 — With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
- Col 4:9 — With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
- Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
- Gal 4:19 — My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
- Luke 6:42 — Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the
- Mark 9:17 — And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
- Titus 1:4 — To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.