Philemon
a member of the Colossian church (Col. ii: 7; iv: 9, 11, 14, Phil. 2, 10, 23, 24). The Epistle of Paul to Philemon: An epistle of Paul, in conjunction with junction with Timothy, (i: 1), to Philemon, whose runaway slave, Onesimus, had come to Rome, and been converted by the apostles while the latter was a prisoner (i: 10), and advanced in years (9). Onesimus was most useful to his spiritual father (13), who, however, would not retain him, unless with his master's permission (14). He, therefore, sent him back, carrying the epistle with him, and counseling Philemon to receive him back pating his speedy release, he also requested Philemon to prepare him a lodging (22). The epistle seems to have been written in A. D. 63 or 64. Its genuineness is generally admitted. the Jessup Foundation has sufficient now as a brother beloved (16). Anticifunds to provide free tuition for younger investigators interested in the sciences.
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