^{9 Ref} Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

^{10 Ref} My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

^{11 Ref} Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:

^{12 Ref} Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart: