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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Philemon 4

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 (10)

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Timothy → coAuthorOf → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
New Testament → contains → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philemon
Timothy → mentionedIn → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians → mentionsPerson → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philemon
Codex Vaticanus → missingContent → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philemon
Epistle to the Colossians → relatedWork → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
Saint Timothy → scripturalMention → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philemon
Apostle Paul → wrote → Epistle to Philemon ⓘ