Epistle to Philemon

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New Testament epistle Pauline epistle biblical book

The Epistle to Philemon is a brief New Testament letter in which Paul appeals to a Christian slave owner to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus as a beloved brother in Christ.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Epistle to Philemon canonical	17
Philemon	6
Epistle to Philemon 1:23	1
Paul’s intercessory letter to Philemon	1
Philemon 1	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament epistle ⓘ Pauline epistle ⓘ biblical book ⓘ
addressedTo	Apphia ⓘ Archippus ⓘ Philemon ⓘ the church in Philemon’s house ⓘ
addressesIssue	relationship between master and slave in Christian community ⓘ
approximateDate	early 60s AD ⓘ
attributedTo	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
canonicalOrder	18th book of the New Testament in many Christian canons ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical ⓘ
centralAppeal	receive Onesimus as a beloved brother in Christ ⓘ
chapterCount	1 ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ
emphasizes	equality of believers in Christ ⓘ love over compulsion ⓘ
genre	letter ⓘ
includedInCanonOf	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestant churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
lengthCharacteristic	one of the shortest books in the Bible ⓘ
mentions	Aristarchus ⓘ Demas ⓘ Epaphras ⓘ Luke ⓘ Mark ⓘ Onesimus ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
partOf	New Testament ⓘ
portrays	Onesimus as formerly useless but now useful ⓘ
primaryTheme	Christian brotherhood ⓘ Christian forgiveness ⓘ intercession ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ
requests	forgiveness for Onesimus ⓘ reception of Onesimus without punishment ⓘ that any debt of Onesimus be charged to Paul ⓘ
selfDescriptionOfPaul	prisoner of Christ Jesus ⓘ
setting	Paul’s imprisonment ⓘ
testament	New Testament ⓘ
textualTradition	preserved in early Greek manuscripts ⓘ
traditionalPlaceOfComposition	Rome ⓘ
usedIn	Christian ethical teaching on forgiveness ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ
verseCount	25 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Paul → wrote → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Codex Vaticanus → missingContent → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Saint Timothy → scripturalMention → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Timothy → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Timothy → coAuthorOf → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Epistle to the Colossians → mentionsPerson → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Epistle to the Colossians → relatedWork → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Protestant Bible → containsBook → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Codex Claromontanus (D 06) → contains → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Demas → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Apphia → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Archippus → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Onesimus → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Onesimus → subjectOf → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul’s intercessory letter to Philemon

Onesimus as formerly useless but now useful → describedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Aristarchus → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Aristarchus → appearsIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon 1

Epaphras → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Epistle to Philemon 1:23

Koine Greek New Testament → hasPart → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Colossae → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

Commentary on the Pauline Epistles → covers → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philemon

Saint Paul → wrote → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ