From his close association with Philemon in the address of this epistle he would seem, like Philemon, to have been a resident of Colossae. Paul describes him as “our fellow-soldier” (cf. Phil ...

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, ...

―Philemon 4–5 Apphia’s name is found only within the Letter to Philemon. Although this particular letter (or Epistle) bears the name of Philemon, it was actually addressed by St. Paul to ...

Philemon was a key leader in a house church somewhere in the Lycus Valley in Asia Minor. Onesimus, who was being sent back home from visiting Paul, was Philemon’s slave, returning with a new Christian ...

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 ...