Philemon

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

A short personal letter from Paul to Philemon, a believer at Colossae, about his runaway slave Onesimus, who had been converted through Paul in prison. Paul sends him back, asking Philemon to receive him "not now as a servant, but... a brother beloved," and offers to pay whatever he owes. It has long been read as a picture of Christ's intercession for sinners.

Chapters

Where it is preached

  1. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    June cites Phi 1:21

    …fail. AMEN. June 11 LIFE AND DEATH “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”— Phi 1:21. HOW CLOSE life and death are! In this verse there is only a comma between them, and…

  2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Philem. 1:7

    …3:3. Col. 1:24. 1 Thess. 3:9. He speaks of his “rejoicing with great joy,” Phil 4:10, Philem. 1:7; of his “joying and rejoicing,” Phil. 2:17, and “of his rejoicing exceedingly,” 2 Cor.…

  3. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Wasn’t Christianity Used to Defend Slavery? cites Philemon 1:16

    …him to receive him “no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother” (Philemon 1:16). Put that together and you get a book that was steadily pointing towards freedom: “There…

  4. Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth · Ochorus Originals

    The Runaway Slave cites Philemon 1:16

    “No longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother.” — Philemon 1:16 While Paul was a prisoner, he met a young man called Onesimus. Onesimus had run away from…

  5. The Key Teachings of George Whitefield · Ochorus Originals

    Bethesda and Its Shadow cites PHILEMON 1:16

    …even when he would not. Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved. PHILEMON 1:16 Reading him honestly Readers of Whitefield should not look away from this chapter of his…

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