New Testament Pauline Epistles 1 chapters
Philemon
A personal appeal: Paul asks Philemon to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus — now a brother in Christ — charging any debt to Paul's own account. The gospel transforming relationships.
Outline
- vv. 1–7 Greeting and thanksgiving for Philemon's love
- vv. 8–22 The appeal for Onesimus: "no longer as a bondservant but… a beloved brother"
- vv. 23–25 Final greetings