The tenderness and delicacy of this epistle have long been admired:
“Though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ; I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds.” (Philemon 1:8-10)
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Author: William Paley
Keywords: Philemon, Onesimus
Bible reference(s): Philemon 1:8-10
Source: Horae Paulinae (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1850).
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