If he has wronged you in anything or owes you anything, charge it to my account — the acknowledgment of Onesimus's possible debts (ei ti edelikēn — if he wronged you) respects Philemon's legitimate grievance; the slave's flight may have caused financial loss. But Paul assumes the liability (anangellan — charge to account), placing his credit (lōgos) before Philemon. The substitution is Christological — Paul steps into the debtor's place, canceling the sentence through personal assumption of the obligation.

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