but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ
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King James Version
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.English Standard Version
yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus--New International Version
yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul--an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--