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Philemon 1:8-16
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Paul's Plea for Onesimus

8Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus,2 whose father I became in my imprisonment. 11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) 12I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. 13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, 14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. 15For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, 16no longer as a bondservant3 but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Footnotes

  • 2 1:10 Onesimus means useful (see verse 11) or beneficial (see verse 20)
  • 3 1:16 Or slave; twice in this verse (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Displaying 1-10 of 10 sermons for this passage.

Refresh My Heart (Servants of the Word)

Philemon 1:17-25 Sermon 40:57 ID: 3383

For Love’s Sake

Philemon 1:8-16 Sermon 47:22 ID: 3382

Terms of Endearment (Servants of the Word)

Philemon 1:1-7 Sermon 46:39 ID: 3381

Refreshing the Saints

Philemon 1:1-25 Sermon 47:30 ID: 3241

“Refresh My Heart”

Philemon 1:17-25 Sermon Includes Transcript 44:19 ID: 2635

On the Basis of Love

Philemon 1:8-16 Sermon Includes Transcript 40:28 ID: 2633

Terms of Endearment

Philemon 1:1-7 Sermon Includes Transcript 35:58 ID: 2628

Refresh My Heart

Philemon 1:17-25 Sermon 50:40 ID: 2590

On the Basis of Love

Philemon 1:8-16 Sermon 51:43 ID: 2589

Terms of Endearment (TFL Listener Weekend)

Philemon 1:1-7 Sermon 37:35 ID: 2588

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The Road of Reconciliation

A Study in the Book of Philemon Philemon 1:1-25 Series ID: 15701