Person

Onesimus

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Philemon 1:10 calls Onesimus a child born in chains. In 1:11–12 he was formerly useless to the recipient, is now useful to both, and is being sent back. Verse 16 asks that he be received as more than a slave, a beloved brother. Wrongdoing or debt in verse 18 is conditional. Colossians 4:7–9 say of Tychicus, “I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.”

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COL 4:7–9, engwebp
⁷All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
⁸I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
⁹together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
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PHM 1:1, engwebp
¹Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
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PHM 1:10–18, engwebp
¹⁰I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,
¹¹who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me.
¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
¹³whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
¹⁴But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
¹⁵For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while that you would have him forever,
¹⁶no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
¹⁷If then you count me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.
¹⁸But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.
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PHM 1:12, engwebp
¹²I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
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Paul — Sent back — Onesimus

Evidence: Philemon 1:12
Onesimus — Sent back to — Philemon

Evidence: Philemon 1:1, Philemon 1:12
Took part in (1) — The writer’s sending of Tychicus and Onesimus

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Colossians 4:9 Open that verse

together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.

Philemon 1:10 Open that verse

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have become the father of in my chains,

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Entry: Onesimus (person-onesimus)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/onesimus
Current wording: Philemon 1:10 calls Onesimus a child born in chains. In 1:11–12 he was formerly useless to the recipient, is now useful to both, and is being sent back. Verse 16 asks that he be received as more than a slave, a beloved brother. Wrongdoing or debt in verse 18 is conditional. Colossians 4:7–9 say of Tychicus, “I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.”
Cited evidence: COL 4:7–9, engwebp / PHM 1:1, engwebp / PHM 1:10–18, engwebp / PHM 1:12, engwebp
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