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Commentaries for the book of Philemon

Philemon 1

• Paul's Greetings (1:1-3)
• The duty of stedfastly adhering to Christ and his gospel.
• Paul's Prayer (1:4-7)
• His sufferings are no objection against his pre-eminence.
• Paul's Request (1:8-22)
• Paul's Relationship to Philemon (1:8-9)
• Paul's Relationship to Onesimus (1:10-11)
• Philemon's Relationship to Onesimus (1:12-16)
• The reason of his sufferings, and the fitness of them.
• Paul's Relationship to Philemon (1:17-22)
• Christ's taking the nature of man, and not his taking the nature of angels, was necessary to his priestly office.
• Paul's Benediction (1:23-25)
• Greetings (1:23-24)
• Closing Prayer (1:25)

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