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Philemon 1:10

I beseech thee for my son oOnesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

παρακαλῶ σε περὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ τέκνου, ὃν ἐγέννησα ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου, Ὀνήσιμον,

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Colossians 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.

1 Corinthians 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.

Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

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Onesimus, lately thy servant, (the same mentioned Col 4:9), but my son.

not naturally, but spiritually, to whom I have been a spiritual father, and begotten him to Christ in my old age, and while I have been here suffering as a prisoner.