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Philemon

Epistles1 chaptersNew TestamentAuthor: Paul

Overview

A personal letter asking Philemon to forgive and welcome back his runaway slave Onesimus as a brother in Christ. It exemplifies Christian forgiveness and reconciliation.

Date written: c. 60 AD

Key Verses

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever.

Philemon 1:15