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Philemon

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Philemon, epistle of the New Testament

Philemon (fĭlē`mən), letter of the New Testament, written to a Colossian named Philemon by Paul Paul, Saint, d. A.D. 64? or 67?, the apostle to the Gentiles, b. Tarsus, Asia Minor. He was a Jew. His father was a Roman citizen, probably of some means, and Paul was a tentmaker by trade. His Jewish name was Saul.
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, probably when the latter was a prisoner in Rome (c.A.D. 60). Onesimus, Philemon's fugitive slave, had found Paul and become a Christian. Paul sent him back to his master with a personal note adjuring the Christian master to accept Onesimus not merely as a slave but as a brother. Onesimus' name means "useful" in Greek. Philemon, the shortest of the Pauline letters, is thought by some scholars to have been written at the same time as the (probably pseudonymous) Colossians Colossians (kəlŏsh`ənz), New Testament letter.
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 and Ephesians Ephesians (ĭfē`zhənz), letter of the New Testament, written, according to tradition, by St.
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. The names Mark, Aristarchus, and Demas occur in both Philemon and Colossians.

Philemon, ancient Greek poet

Philemon (fīlē`mən), c.360–c.265 B.C., Greek poet of the New Comedy. He was in ancient times considered second only to Menander Menander (mĭnăn`dər), 342?–291? B.C., Greek poet, the most famous writer of New Comedy.
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. Fragments of his plays, originally numbering 97, survive.
Philemon New Testament
1. a Christian of Colossae whose escaped slave came to meet Paul
2. the book (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon), asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping


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Daphnis et Chloe que sont faits Philemon et Baucis.
He loved Paul of Tarsus, liked St John, hated St James as much as he dared, and regarded with mixed feelings Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
 
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