Philemon 1:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This single epistle infinitely transcends all the wisdom of the world. And it gives us a specimen how Christians ought to treat of secular affairs from higher principles. Paul a prisoner of Christ — To whom, as such, Philemon could deny nothing. And Timotheus — This was written before the second epistle to Timothy, Philemon 1:1:Philemon 1:22.