Category:Philemon (text)
The Letter of Paul to Philemon (see Online Text) is a New Testament document.
Overview
The Epistle to Philemon was written by Paul of Tarsus to a member of the Christian community, the slave-master Philemon, concerning a runaway slave called Onesimus. This slave had found his way to the site of Paul's imprisonment (most probably Rome or Caesarea Maritima) and had became a Christian. Running away was a very serious crime according to Roman Law, and so it was the case of a person hiding or protecting a fugitive slave.
Slavery was a very harsh condition, and Philemon had the right to punish Onesimus, even to kill him, if he wished. In spite of this possibility and of his friendly relations with Onesimus, Paul is sending him back to his master.
Like the other leaders of the early Church, Paul does not question the legitimacy of slavery (see also 1 Peter 2:18-25). He does not ask Philemon to free all his slaves or his Christian slaves, but is asking him to welcome the slave Onesimus as a brother in Christ. They are now both Christians and this has changed the terms of their relationship. In Paul's words, in the new eschatological community, “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:28).
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Pages in category "Philemon (text)"
The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
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- Commentarii in Epistolas Pauli ad Timotheum duas, ad Titum unam, ad Philemonem unam (1566 Hemmingsen), book
- A Commentarie vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule to Philemon (1612 Attersoli), book
- Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistles of Paul: Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon (1845 Barnes), book
- A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and to Philemon (1890 Beet), book
- Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles: First and Second Timothy and Titus and the Epistle to Philemon (1890 Harvey), book
- A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Philippians and to Philemon (1897 Vincent), book
- Die Briefe des Paulus an die Epheser, Kolosser und Philemon (1905 Ewald), book
- The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians and to Philemon (Greek Text) (1907 Williams), book
- Commentarius in S. Pauli apostoli epistolas: 5. Epistolae ad Thessalonicenses, ad Timotheum, ad Titum et ad Philemonem (1913 Knabenbauer), book
- The Epistle to the Colossians and the Epistle to Philemon (1931 Radford), book
- The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians and to Philemon (1957 Moule), book
- The Epistles of Paul to the Colossians and Philemon (1960 Carson), book
- The Letters of Paul to the Ephesians, to the Colossians, and to Philemon (1967 Thompson), book
- Die Briefe an die Kolosser und an Philemon (1968 Lohse), book
- (+) Colossians and Philemon (1971 Lohse / Poehlmann & Karris), book (English ed.)
- Lettere dalla prigionia (1972 Peretto), book
- Paul's Letters from Prison: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon (1976 Caird), book
- L'Épître aux Philippiens et l'Épître à Philémon (1980 Légasse), book
- Colossians, Philemon (1982 O'Brien), book
- The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (1984 Bruce), book
- The Epistles of Paul to the Colossians and to Philemon (1986 Wright), book
- Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon (1991 Martin), book
- The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon (1996 Dunn), book
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- The Letter to Philemon ~ Eerdmans Critical Commentary (2000 Barth, Blanke), book
- Lettera ai Filippesi; Lettera a Filemone (2000 Fabris), book
- (+) The Letter to Philemon (2000 Fitzmyer), book
- Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon (2000 Gorday), book
- Philippians, Philemon (2000 Osiek), book
- A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Colossians and Philemon (2005 Wilson), book
- The Pastoral Epistles with Philemon & Jude (2008 Saarinen), book
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