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    Philemon

    Φιλήμων

    Philemon, a Christian from Colossae to whom Paul wrote a letter appealing for the reconciliation with his runaway slave, Onesimus.

    verses
    2
    first named
    Philemon 1:1
    last named
    Philemon 1:23
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Philemon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Philemon was a Christian from the city of Colossae to whom the Apostle Paul wrote a personal letter. The letter, which is included in the New Testament canon, deals with the situation of Onesimus, Philemon's slave who had run away and had subsequently become a Christian under Paul's ministry.

    In the letter, Paul appeals to Philemon to receive Onesimus back, not as a slave, but as a beloved brother in Christ. Paul emphasizes the transformation that has taken place in Onesimus' life and urges Philemon to demonstrate forgiveness and reconciliation.

    Although the specific outcome of Paul's request is not recorded in the Bible, the letter provides valuable insights into the early Christian church's approach to social issues, such as slavery, and the transformative power of the gospel in personal relationships. The letter also demonstrates Paul's pastoral concern for both Onesimus and Philemon and his desire to see the principles of Christian love and unity applied in their situation.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Philemon10 of 11 entities the graph connects to Philemon, in 2 groups: company 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingTook part in · 2 versesCompanyPaul9 events · 182 versesPrayer1 event · 144 versesGospel1 event · 65 versesMark1 event · 10 versesAristarchus1 event · 5 versesLuke1 event · 5 versesOnesimus3 events · 4 versesDemas1 event · 3 versesEpaphras1 event · 3 versesEventsPhilemon

    The 10 best-attested of 11 are drawn. All 11 are listed below.

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    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    1. Philemon2 verses

      1:11:25

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    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Paul’s appeal of PhilemonAppealAppeal is a concept gathering 12 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s appeal of PhilemonOnesimusRunaway slave, convert of Paulvia Paul’s appeal of PhilemonPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingAristarchusMacedonian companion of Paul, fellow prisonervia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingDemasCompanion of Paul who later deserted himvia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingEpaphrasA faithful minister and fellow servant of Paul.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingGreetingGreeting is a concept gathering 31 labelled instances in the text.via Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingLukePhysician; companion of Paul; author of Luke and Actsvia Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke’s greetingMarkCousin of Barnabas, companion of Paul, author of Gospel.

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