10 appeal to you for my son,(A) Onesimus.[a](B) I became his father(C) while I was in chains. 11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back to you—I am sending my very own heart.[b][c]

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Footnotes

  1. 10 In Gk, Onesimus means “useful”
  2. 12 Other mss read him back. Receive him, my own heart.
  3. 12 Lit you—that is, my own heart

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