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Paul and Philemon
How Paul and Philemon are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Paul and Philemon stood together.
Paul wrote to Philemon as "our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer", and appealed to him for love's sake to receive Onesimus.
unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer
Philemon 1:1, King James Version
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee
Philemon 1:9, King James Version
Where they cross: Philemon 1:1
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Philemon 1:1
1Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Philemon 1:9
9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
King James Version