Philemon 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:”
Philemon 1:2 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Philemon 1:215 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Philemon 1:2
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. For if a chain for Christ's sake is not a shame but a boast, much more is slavery not to be considered a reproach. And this he says, not exalting himself,…
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