Phile 10-12, 19, Jam 1:18, 1Pe 1:23 | ESV | STEP | I appeal to you for my child , Onesimus , whose father I became in my imprisonment .

Philemon 10-12

10 I appeal to you for ^amy child, ^bOnesimus, ^{▼▼ Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)} ^dwhose father I became in my imprisonment. 11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) 12 I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.

Philemon 19

19 ^eI, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.

James 1:18

18 ^fOf his own will he ^gbrought us forth by the word of truth, ^hthat we should be a kind of ⁱfirstfruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

23 ^jsince you have been born again, ^knot of perishable seed but of imperishable, through ^lthe living and abiding word of God;