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Philemon


 

Philemon is the recipient of the Epistle to Philemon, which is a book of the Bible from the New Testament.

Related Topics:
Epistle to Philemon - Bible - New Testament

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He was probably an inhabitant of Colossae, and apparently a person of some note among within the Christian church there (Col. 4:9; Philemon 1:2). He appears to have become a believer throuugh the teaching of Paul. In the epistle, Paul calls him a "fellow-worker". He appears to have hosted the church, and was certainly wealthy enough to own at least one slave (the hapless Onesimus on whose behalf Paul writes the epistle.

Related Topics:
Colossae - Col. - Paul - Onesimus

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