⁹ yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--

⁹ yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love-and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. [1]

⁹ yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you--I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus--