“ I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: ”
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus - That is, my son in the gospel; one to whom I sustain the relation of a spiritual father; compare the notes at 1 Timothy 1:2 . The address and tact of Paul he...
The Request on Behalf of Onesimus. Paul might confidently presume to issue commands to Philemon Paul an ambassador, and at the time of writing actually a prisoner, of Christ Jesus but for love's sa...
for . App-104. son . App-108. have begotten . begat. Compare Philippians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:12 ; Philippians 1:13 .
10. I beseech thee for my son. Since less weight is commonly attached to those prayers which are not founded in some cause of just commendation, Paul shows that Onesimus is so closely related...
DISCOURSE: 2267 THE EFFICACY OF THE GOSPEL Philemon 1:10-11 . I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitabl...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: I beseech thee for my son Onesimus - It is evident from this that Onesimus was converted by St. Paul while he was prisoner at Rom...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus,— The order of the original words is this: I entreat thee for a son of mine, whom I have begotten in my bonds,—Onesimus. Thus the mind is kept in an agreeable s...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: I beseech thee - emphatically repeated from Philemon 1:9 . In the Greek "Onesimus" is skillfully put last; the favourabl...
(8-20) Here St. Paul enters on the main subject of his Letter — the recommendation to Philemon of his runaway slave, Onesimus. All thoughtful readers of the Epistle must recognise in this a peculiar...
Chapter 5 Philemon 1:8-11 (R.V.) After honest and affectionate praise of Philemon, the Apostle now approaches the main purpose of his letter. But even now he does not blurt it out at once. He p...
a Plea for the Returning Slave Philemon 1:1-14 Onesimus had known the Apostle well in the old days when Paul visited at the house of his master Philemon, who seems to have been a man of importa...
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, (9) Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of...
ONESIMUS ‘I beseech Thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds.’ Philemon 1:10 A man may be known by the company he keeps, by the books he reads, and by the letters he writes...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus ,.... Now he comes to the request itself, and mentions by name the person on whose account he makes it, and whom he calls his son; not merely because of his affect...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Ver. 10. My son Onesimus ] Ignatius, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, maketh mention of Onesimus, as pastor of Ephesus, next...
I beseech thee There is a beautiful emphasis in the repetition of these words, which he had introduced in the preceding verse; for my son The son of my age. The order of the original words is thi...
The Apostle's Plea for Onesimus; Salutations. A. D. 62. 8 Wherefore, though I might be much...
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus; Onesimus, lately thy servant, (the same mentioned Colossians 4:9 ), but my son. Whom I have begotten in my bonds; not naturally, but spiritually, to whom I...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Philemon 1:8 . Though I might be much bold. —R.V. better, “though I have all boldness.” St. Paul feels that his relationship to Philemon might warrant the casting...
Philemon 1:10 Master and Slave. Observe in this letter I. The exquisite courtesy of the Apostle. The manner of the Epistle teaches us as well as its matter. He offers to pay the debt of Onesimus...
Exposition Philemon 1:1 A prisoner of Christ Jesus. He writes a private letter, as friend to friend, and therefore does not describe himself by his official title of apostle. Having to p...
Paul's Intercession for Onesimus.
2 Samuel 9:1-7 ; 2 Samuel 18:5 ; 2 Samuel 19:37,38 ; Mark 9:17 ; 1 Timothy 1:2 ; Titus 1:4 ; Colossians 4:9 ; 1 Corinthians 4:15 ; Galatians 4:19
Onesimus Philemon 1:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The march of the Gospel in the early years. The Early Church gave itself very definitely to the propaganda of the Gospel. This had been the comma...
Whom I have begotten in my bonds — The son of my age.