9. for love's sake—mine to thee, and (what ought to be) thine to Onesimus. Or, that Christian love of which thou showest so bright an example (Phm 7).
being such an one—Explain, Being such a one as thou knowest me to be, namely,
Paul—the founder of so many churches, and an apostle of Christ, and thy father in the faith.
the aged—a circumstance calculated to secure thy respect for anything I request.
and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—the strongest claim I have on thy regard: if for no other reason, at least in consideration of this, through commiseration gratify me.