5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
6 that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9 yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 I beseech thee for my son Ones´imus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11 which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: