ANALYSIS OF PHILEMON. Address (1–3). The structure of the address or salutation of Philemon is threefold. As in the other epistles of Paul and in secular letters of the day there is first a ...

The crux of Paul’s Letter to Philemon and his family focuses on a slave of theirs, Onesimus (Feb. 15), who fled from their home. Evidently, while on the run, ...

Indeed, Philemon is a text in search of a context. There are, of course, some things that we know about the situa­tion. Paul was in prison. Philemon was a key leader in a house church somewhere in the ...

The common understanding of the relationship between Onesimus and Philemon in Paul’s letter to Philemon is that Onesimus was a slave of Philemon. Though it remains a debated issue, Onesimus had ...

I [Paul] give thanks to my God always, remembering you [Apphia and family] in my prayers, as I hear of the love and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the holy ones.―Philemon 4–5 ...

Roger Frappier of Max Films, Francois Le Bescond and Laurent Duvault from publisher Dargaud are teaming on the production of an English-language feature film based on the adventures of Philemon, a ...