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Philemon 1 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)

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  • Orthodox
  • NT: Byzantine text
  • New Testament only
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  • 1912
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1 παυλος, δεσμιος χριστου ιησου, και τιμοθεος ο αδελφος, φιλημονι τω αγαπητω και συνεργω ημων 2 και απφια τη αγαπητη και αρχιππω τω συστρατιωτη ημων και τη κατ οικον σου εκκλησια· 3 χαρις υμιν και ειρηνη απο θεου πατρος ημων και κυριου ιησου χριστου. 4 ευχαριστω τω θεω μου παντοτε μνειαν σου ποιουμενος επι των προσευχων μου, 5 ακουων σου την αγαπην και την πιστιν ην εχεις προς τον κυριον ιησουν και εις παντας τους αγιους, 6 οπως η κοινωνια της πιστεως σου ενεργης γενηται εν επιγνωσει παντος αγαθου του εν ημιν εις χριστον ιησουν. 7 χαριν γαρ εχομεν πολλην και παρακλησιν επι τη αγαπη σου, οτι τα σπλαγχνα των αγιων αναπεπαυται δια σου, αδελφε. 8 διο, πολλην εν χριστω παρρησιαν εχων επιτασσειν σοι το ανηκον, 9 δια την αγαπην μαλλον παρακαλω· τοιουτος ων, ως παυλος πρεσβυτης, νυνι δε και δεσμιος ιησου χριστου, 10 παρακαλω σε περι του εμου τεκνου, ον εγεννησα εν τοις δεσμοις μου, ονησιμον, 11 τον ποτε σοι αχρηστον, νυνι δε σοι και εμοι ευχρηστον, ον ανεπεμψα· 12 συ δε αυτον, τουτ εστιν τα εμα σπλαγχνα, προσλαβου· 13 ον εγω εβουλομην προς εμαυτον κατεχειν, ινα υπερ σου διακονη μοι εν τοις δεσμοις του ευαγγελιου· 14 χωρις δε της σης γνωμης ουδεν ηθελησα ποιησαι, ινα μη ως κατα αναγκην το αγαθον σου η, αλλα κατα εκουσιον. 15 ταχα γαρ δια τουτο εχωρισθη προς ωραν, ινα αιωνιον αυτον απεχης, 16 ουκετι ως δουλον, αλλ υπερ δουλον, αδελφον αγαπητον, μαλιστα εμοι, ποσω δε μαλλον σοι και εν σαρκι και εν κυριω! 17 ει ουν με εχεις κοινωνον, προσλαβου αυτον ως εμε. 18 ει δε τι ηδικησεν σε η οφειλει, τουτο εμοι ελλογει· 19 εγω παυλος εγραψα τη εμη χειρι, εγω αποτισω· ινα μη λεγω σοι οτι και σεαυτον μοι προσοφειλεις. 20 ναι, αδελφε, εγω σου οναιμην εν κυριω· αναπαυσον μου τα σπλαγχνα εν κυριω. 21 πεποιθως τη υπακοη σου εγραψα σοι, ειδως οτι και υπερ ο λεγω ποιησεις. 22 αμα δε και ετοιμαζε μοι ξενιαν· ελπιζω γαρ οτι δια των προσευχων υμων χαρισθησομαι υμιν. 23 ασπαζεται σε επαφρας ο συναιχμαλωτος μου εν χριστω ιησου, 24 μαρκος, αρισταρχος, δημας, λουκας, οι συνεργοι μου. 25 η χαρις του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου μετα του πνευματος υμων· αμην.

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  • Apphia

    Sister addressed with Philemon

    Addressed by Paul together with Philemon and Archippus in the letter to Philemon.

    Cited in the guide: Philemon 2

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  • Archippus

    Fellow soldier of Paul

    Called by Paul his fellow soldier and told to complete the ministry he received in the Lord.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:17; Philemon 2

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  • Demas

    Coworker of Paul

    A coworker of Paul who sends greetings from Rome, but later deserted him because he loved the present world.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:10; Philemon 24

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  • Epaphras

    Founder of the Colossian church

    A faithful minister of Christ who taught the Colossians, wrestled for them in prayer, and was Paul's fellow prisoner.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Philemon 23

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  • Luke

    Beloved physician and coworker of Paul

    Paul's beloved physician and coworker who stayed with him when others had left him in his final imprisonment.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 24

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  • Onesimus

    Runaway slave of Philemon

    A slave who became a believer through Paul in prison and whom Paul sent back to Philemon as a beloved brother.

    Cited in the guide: Colossians 4:9; Philemon 10

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  • Philemon

    Beloved coworker of Paul

    The believer to whom Paul wrote on behalf of Onesimus; a church met in his house.

    Cited in the guide: Philemon 1

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Cross references (25)

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  1. 1 Philippians 2:25; Ephesians 3:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 9; 1 Corinthians 3:9
  2. 2 Philippians 2:25; Colossians 4:17; Romans 16:5; Colossians 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:3–4
  3. 3 Romans 1:7; Ephesians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14
  4. 4 Romans 1:8; Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 1:3; Philippians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
  5. 5 Colossians 1:4; Ephesians 1:15; Psalm 16:3; 1 John 5:1–2; 1 Corinthians 16:1
  6. 6 2 Peter 1:8; Philippians 1:9–11; Colossians 1:9; 1 Peter 1:5–8; Matthew 5:16
  7. 7 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 3 John 3–6; 1 Thessalonians 2:19
  8. 8 1 Thessalonians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 10:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 2:2
  9. 9 2 Corinthians 5:20; Romans 12:1; Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 3:1; Philemon 1–25
  10. 10 Colossians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Galatians 4:19; 1 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4
  11. 11 2 Timothy 4:11; Job 30:1–2; 1 Peter 2:10; Luke 15:32; Romans 3:12
  12. 12 Matthew 6:14–15; Ephesians 4:32; Luke 15:20; Mark 11:25; Jeremiah 31:20
  13. 13 Ephesians 3:1; Philippians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 16:17; Philippians 2:30; Philemon 1
  14. 14 2 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Peter 5:2–3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 2 Corinthians 8:12
  15. 15 Genesis 50:20; Genesis 45:5–8; Isaiah 20:6; Acts 4:28
  16. 16 Colossians 3:22; Matthew 23:8; 1 Timothy 6:2; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:5–7
  17. 17 2 Corinthians 8:23; Matthew 10:40; Philemon 12; Matthew 18:5; Ephesians 3:6
  18. 18 Isaiah 53:4–7
  19. 19 Galatians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 16:21–22; Galatians 5:2; James 5:19–20; 1 Corinthians 4:15
  20. 20 Philemon 7; 3 John 4; Hebrews 13:17; Philemon 12; 1 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  21. 21 2 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 7:16; Galatians 5:10; 2 Corinthians 8:22
  22. 22 2 Corinthians 1:11; Philippians 2:24; 2 John 12; Acts 28:23; Philippians 1:19
  23. 23 Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:12; Romans 16:7; Colossians 4:10
  24. 24 Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:10–11; Colossians 4:14; Acts 12:12; Acts 15:37–39
  25. 25 2 Timothy 4:22; Galatians 6:18; Romans 16:20; Romans 16:23

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  1. Commentary 1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philemon (Homily I)

    These things are said to a master in behalf of a servant. Immediately at the outset, he has pulled down his spirit, and not suffered him to be ashamed, he has quenched his anger; calling himself a prisoner, he strikes him with compunction, and makes him collect himself, and makes it appear that present things are nothing.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)