Paul's letters
The book of Philemon
A short personal letter asking Philemon to welcome back his runaway slave Onesimus as a brother.
Paul wrote from prison and sent Onesimus back with Tychicus (Colossians 4:9). It shows the gospel’s effect on relationships.
Written at: Rome, by tradition (Acts 28:30; Philemon 9)
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
No longer a slave, but a beloved brother. no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Philemon 1:16 (World English Bible)
People
PaulPhilemonApphiaArchippusOnesimus
On the timeline
Paul writes Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon
Dating notes
Conventional chronology. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.