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Philemon 9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

9 I rather urge you out of love, being as I am, Paul, an old man,[a] and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus.(A)

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  1. 9 Old man: some editors conjecture that Paul here used a similar Greek word meaning “ambassador” (cf. Eph 6:20). This conjecture heightens the contrast with “prisoner” but is totally without manuscript support.
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