Epistle to Philemon

Philemon is the eighteenth book of the New Testament and the fifty-seventh book of Bible. In this short letter, PaulPhilemon 1, 9, 19 the apostle requests that Philemon receive his runaway slave back into his household as a fellow believer. The slave, Onesimus, had become a believer while visiting with Paul.
==Authorship==
The Epistle was written by Paul, as a letter to Philemon, as well as a woman named Apphia, a man named Archippus and the church that met in Philemon's home.Philemon 2 Paul wrote the book while imprisoned,Philemon 1:10 pleading for forgiveness for Philemon's runaway slave, Onesimus.Philemon 2:1 Paul also asks in the letter for Philemon to prepare space for him,Philemon 2:2 for when he is freed from prison.
Significantly Paul wrote the letter, recording it himselfPhilemon 1:9 rather than it being written down some other way.
Paul also greets Philemon and his church on behalf of other Christians such as Timothy, Epaphras, Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.Philemon 2:3-24
==Verses==
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Category:Pauline Epistles