PHILEMON
Who: Paul
What: Letter to Philemon
Where: Prison in Rome
When: ad 60
Why: To appeal to Philemon to
forgive and receive Onesimus, a runaway slave.
Outline (Verses)
Salutations (1-3)
Philemon s Love and Faith (4-7)
Paul’s Appeal (8-22)
Final Greetings (22-25)
Key Verse:
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me I. Paul, am writing this with my own hand I will pay it back-not to mention that you owe me your very self.
(Philemon 17-19 )