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Text -- Philemon 1:1-24 (NET)
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Salutation
1:1 From Paul , a prisoner of Christ Jesus , and Timothy our brother , to Philemon , our dear friend and colaborer ,
1:2 to Apphia our sister , to Archippus our fellow soldier , and to the church that meets in your house .
1:3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ !
Thanks for Philemon’s Love and Faith
1:4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers ,
1:5 because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints .
1:6 I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ .
1:7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love , for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you , brother .
Paul’s Request for Onesimus
1:8 So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper ,
1:9 I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I , Paul , an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –
1:10 I am appealing to you concerning my child , whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment , that is, Onesimus ,
1:11 who was formerly useless to you , but is now useful to you and me .
1:12 I have sent him (who is my very heart ) back to you .
1:13 I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel .
1:14 However , without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion , but from your own willingness .
1:15 For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while , so that you would have him back eternally ,
1:16 no longer as a slave , but more than a slave , as a dear brother . He is especially so to me , and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord .
1:17 Therefore if you regard me as a partner , accept him as you would me .
1:18 Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me .
1:19 I , Paul , have written this letter with my own hand : I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self .
1:20 Yes , brother , let me have some benefit from you in the Lord . Refresh my heart in Christ .
1:21 Since I was confident that you would obey , I wrote to you , because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.
1:22 At the same time also , prepare a place for me to stay , for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you .
Concluding Greetings
1:23 Epaphras , my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus , greets you .
1:24 Mark , Aristarchus , Demas and Luke , my colaborers , greet you too.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Letters |
Minister |
Timothy |
Beloved |
Fugitives |
Intercession |
Servant |
Love |
Master |
Onesimus |
Righteous |
Forgiveness |
Lucas |
Aristarchus |
Demas |
Righteousness |
Apphia |
Employer |
Unselfishness |
Mark |
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NET Notes -> Phm 1:1; Phm 1:1; Phm 1:1; Phm 1:1; Phm 1:2; Phm 1:2; Phm 1:2; Phm 1:3; Phm 1:4; Phm 1:4; Phm 1:5; Phm 1:5; Phm 1:5; Phm 1:6; Phm 1:6; Phm 1:6; Phm 1:6; Phm 1:7; Phm 1:7; Phm 1:7; Phm 1:9; Phm 1:9; Phm 1:9; Phm 1:10; Phm 1:10; Phm 1:10; Phm 1:11; Phm 1:12; Phm 1:12; Phm 1:12; Phm 1:13; Phm 1:13; Phm 1:13; Phm 1:14; Phm 1:15; Phm 1:16; Phm 1:16; Phm 1:18; Phm 1:19; Phm 1:19; Phm 1:19; Phm 1:19; Phm 1:20; Phm 1:21; Phm 1:23; Phm 1:24; Phm 1:24
NET Notes: Phm 1:1 Grk “dear.” The adjective is functioning as a substantive; i.e., “dear one” or “dear friend.”
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NET Notes: Phm 1:2 Though the term “our” does not appear in the Greek text it is inserted to bring out the sense of the passage.
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NET Notes: Phm 1:5 The Greek is somewhat awkward here. It appears as though the text reads “…the love and faith which you have for the Lord Jesus and for all...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:6 Grk “that the fellowship of your faith might become effective in the knowledge of everything good that is in us in Christ.” There are nume...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:7 The word translated “hearts” here is σπλάγχνα (splancna). Literally the term refers to one’s...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:10 During my imprisonment. Apparently Onesimus became a believer under Paul’s shepherding while he [Paul] was a prisoner in Rome.
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NET Notes: Phm 1:11 ‡ A correlative καί (kai, “both you”) is found in a few witnesses (א*,c F G 33 104 pc), perhaps either to under...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:12 That is, “who means a great deal to me”; Grk “whom I have sent to you, him, this one is my heart.”
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NET Notes: Phm 1:13 Grk “in the chains of the gospel.” On the translation “imprisonment for the sake of the gospel,” cf. BDAG 219 s.v. δε...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:14 Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the c...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:15 So that you would have him back eternally. The notion here is not that Onesimus was to be the slave of Philemon eternally, but that their new relation...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:19 The statement you owe me your very self means that Paul was responsible for some sort of blessing in the life of Philemon; though a monetary idea may ...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:20 Refresh my heart in Christ. Paul desired that Philemon refresh his heart in the same way that he [Philemon] had refreshed the hearts of other believer...
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NET Notes: Phm 1:23 Epaphras is probably a shortened form of the name Epaphroditus. This is probably the same individual whom Paul spoke of as “my brother, coworker...
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