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Fragments of the Epistle to Philemon verses 13–15 on Papyrus 87 (Gregory-Aland), from ca. AD 250. This is the earliest known fragment of the Epistle to Philemon.
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The Epistle of Paul to Philemon, known simply as Philemon, is one of the books of the Christian New Testament. It is a prison letter, co-authored by Paul the Apostle with Timothy, to Philemon, a leader in the Colossian church. It deals with the themes of forgiveness and reconciliation. Paul does not identify himself as an apostle with authority, but as "a prisoner for Jesus Christ", calling Timothy "our brother", and addressing Philemon as "fellow labourer" and "brother."[1] Onesimus, a slave that had departed from his master Philemon, was returning with this epistle wherein Paul asked Philemon to receive him as a "brother beloved."[2]
Philemon was a wealthy Christian, possibly a bishop[3] of the house church that met in his home (Philemon 1:1–2) in Colosse. This letter is now generally regarded as one of the undisputed works of Paul. It is the shortest of Paul's extant letters, consisting of only 335 words in the Greek text.[4]
Contents
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1 Composition
1.1 Authorship
1.2 Occasion
1.3 Recipient
2 Content
2.1 Greeting and introduction (1–3)
2.2 Thanksgiving and intercession (4–7)
2.3 Paul's plea for Onesimus (8–20)
2.4 Conclusion and greetings (21–25)
3 Themes
4 Significance
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 Sources
9 Further reading
10 External links
Composition[edit]
Authorship[edit]
The epistle of Philemon is attributed to the apostle Paul, and this attribution has rarely been questioned by scholars.[5] Along with six others, it is numbered among the "undisputed letters", which are widely considered to be authentically Pauline. The main challenge to the letter's authenticity came from a group of German scholars in the nineteenth century known as the Tübingen School.[6] Their leader, Ferdinand Christian Baur, only accepted four New Testament epistles as genuinely written by Paul: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians and Galatians. Commenting on Philemon, Baur described the subject matter as "so very singular as to arouse our suspicions,"[7] and concluded that it is perhaps a "Christian romance serving to convey a genuine Christian idea."[8]
The opening verse of the salutation also names Timothy alongside Paul. This, however, does not mean that Timothy was the epistle's co-author. Rather, Paul regularly mentions others in the address if they have a particular connection with the recipient. In this case, Timothy may have encountered Philemon while accompanying Paul in his work in Ephesus.[9]
Occasion[edit]
According to the majority interpretation, Paul wrote this letter on behalf of Onesimus, a runaway slave who had wronged his owner Philemon. The details of the offence are unstated, although it is often assumed that Onesimus had fled after stealing money, as Paul states in verse 18 that if Onesimus owes anything, Philemon should charge this to Paul's account.[10] Sometime after leaving, Onesimus came into contact with Paul, although again the details are unclear. He may have been arrested and imprisoned alongside Paul. Alternatively, he may have previously heard Paul's name (as his owner was a Christian) and so travelled to him for help.[10] After meeting Paul, Onesimus became a Christian believer. An affection grew between them, and Paul would have been glad to keep Onesimus with him. However, he considered it better to send him back to Philemon with an accompanying letter, which aimed to effect reconciliation between them as Christian brothers. The preservation of the letter suggests that Paul's request was granted.[11]
Onesimus' status as a runaway slave was challenged by Allen Dwight Callahan in an article published in the Harvard Theological Review and in a later commentary. Callahan argues that, beyond verse 16, "nothing in the text conclusively indicates that Onesimus was ever the chattel of the letter's chief addressee. Moreover, the expectations fostered by the traditional fugitive slave hypothesis go unrealized in the letter. Modern commentators, even those committed to the prevailing interpretation, have tacitly admitted as much."[12] Callahan argues that the earliest commentators on this work – the homily of Origen and the Anti-Marcion Preface – are silent about Onesimus' possible servile status, and traces the origins of this interpretation to John Chrysostom, who proposed it in his Homiliae in epistolam ad Philemonem, during his ministry in Antioch, circa 386–398.[13] In place of the traditional interpretation, Callahan suggests that Onesimus and Philemon are brothers both by blood and religion, but who have become estranged, and the intent of this letter was to reconcile the two men.[14] Ben Witherington III has challenged Callahan's interpretation as a misreading of Paul's rhetoric.[15] Further, Margaret M. Mitchell has demonstrated that a number of writers before Chrysostom either argue or assume that Onesimus was a runaway slave, including Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea and Ambrosiaster.[16]
The only extant information about Onesimus apart from this letter is found in Paul's epistle to the Colossians 4:7–9, where Onesimus is called "a faithful and beloved brother":
All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
Recipient[edit]
The letter is addressed to Philemon, Apphia and Archippus, and the church in Philemon's house. Philemon is described as a "fellow worker" of Paul. It is generally assumed that he lived in Colossae; in the letter to the Colossians, Onesimus (the slave who fled from Philemon) and Archippus (whom Paul greets in the letter to Philemon) are described as members of the church there.[17] Philemon may have converted to Christianity through Paul's ministry, possibly in Ephesus.[18] Apphia in the salutation is probably Philemon's wife.[10] Some have speculated that Archippus, described by Paul as a "fellow soldier", is the son of Philemon and Apphia.[10]
The American John Knox proposed that Onesimus' owner was in fact Archippus, and the letter was addressed to him rather than Philemon. In this reconstruction, Philemon would receive the letter first and then encourage Archippus to release Onesimus so that he could work alongside Paul. This view, however, has not found widespread support.[10] In particular, Knox's view has been challenged on the basis of the opening verses. According to O'Brien, the fact that Philemon's name is mentioned first, together with the use of the phrase "in your house" in verse 2, makes it unlikely that Archippus was the primary addressee.[10] Knox further argued that the letter was intended to be read aloud in the Colossian church in order to put pressure on Archippus. A number of commentators, however, see this view as contradicting the tone of the letter.[19][11] J. B. Lightfoot, for example, wrote: "The tact and delicacy of the Apostle's pleading for Onesimus would be nullified at one stroke by the demand for publication."[20]
Content[edit]
Greeting and introduction (1–3)[edit]
The opening salutation follows a typical pattern found in other Pauline letters. Paul first introduces himself, with a self-designation as a "prisoner of Jesus Christ," which in this case refers to a physical imprisonment. He also mentions his associate Timothy, as a valued colleague who was presumably known to the recipient. As well as addressing the letter to Philemon, Paul sends greetings to Apphia, Archippus and the church that meets in Philemon's house. Apphia is often presumed to be Philemon's wife and Archippus, a "fellow labourer", is sometimes suggested to be their son. Paul concludes his salutation with a prayerful wish for grace and peace.[21]
Thanksgiving and intercession (4–7)[edit]
Before addressing the main topic of the letter, Paul continues with a paragraph of thanksgiving and intercession. This serves to prepare the ground for Paul's central request. He gives thanks to God for Philemon's love and faith and prays for his faith to be effective. He concludes this paragraph by describing the joy and comfort he has received from knowing how Philemon has shown love towards the Christians in Colossae.[22]
Paul's plea for Onesimus (8–20)[edit]
As a background to his specific plea for Onesimus, Paul clarifies his intentions and circumstances. Although he has the boldness to command Philemon to do what would be right in the circumstances, he prefers to base his appeal on his knowledge of Philemon's love and generosity. He also describes the affection he has for Onesimus and the transformation that has taken place with Onesimus's conversion to the Christian faith. Where Onesimus was "useless", now he is "useful" – a wordplay, as Onesimus means "useful". Paul indicates that he would have been glad to keep Onesimus with him, but recognised that it was right to send him back. Paul's specific request is for Philemon to welcome Onesimus as he would welcome Paul, namely as a Christian brother. He offers to pay for any debt created by Onesimus' departure and expresses his desire that Philemon might refresh his heart in Christ.[23]
Conclusion and greetings (21–25)[edit]
In the final section of the letter, Paul describes his confidence that Philemon would do even more than he had requested, perhaps indicating his desire for Onesimus to return to work alongside him. He also mentions his wish to visit and asks Philemon to prepare a guest room. Paul sends greetings from five of his co-workers and concludes the letter with a benediction.[24]
Themes[edit]
Paul uses slavery vs. freedom language more often in his writings as a metaphor.[25] At this time slavery was common, and can be seen as a theme in the book of Philemon. Slavery was most commonly found in households. This letter, seemingly, provided alleviation of suffering of some slaves due to the fact that Paul placed pastoral focus on the issue.[26]
Although it is a main theme, Paul does not label slavery as negative or positive. Some scholars see it as unthinkable in the times to even question ending slavery. Because slavery was so ingrained into society that the “abolitionist would have been at the same time an insurrectionist, and the political effects of such a movement would have been unthinkable.[27] Paul doesn’t question it in this epistle. Paul may have envisioned slavery as a fixed institution. He was not questioning the “rightness or wrongness” of it. Paul did however view slavery as a human institution, and believed that all human institutions were about to fade away.[27] This may be because Paul had the perspective that Jesus would return soon. Paul viewed his present world as something that was swiftly passing away.[28] This is a part of Pauline Christianity and theology.
When it comes to Onesimus and his circumstance as a slave, Paul felt that Onesimus should return to Philemon but not as a slave, but under a bond of familial love. Paul also was not suggesting that Onesimus be punished, but Roman law allowed the owner of a runaway slave nearly unlimited privileges of punishment, even execution.[28] This is a concern of Paul and a reason he is writing to Philemon, asking that Philemon accept Onesimus back in a bond of friendship, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Paul is trying to break through the social barriers dividing people.[28] We see this in many of Paul’s other epistles, including his letters to the Corinthians, delivering the message of unity with others and unity with Christ – a change of identity. As written in Sacra Pagina Philippians and Philemon, the move from slave to freedman has to do with a shift in “standing under the lordship of Jesus Christ”. So in short, Onesimus’ honor and obedience is not claimed by Philemon, but by Christ.[citation needed]
Verses 13–14 suggest that Paul wants Philemon to send Onesimus back to Paul (possibly freeing him for the purpose). Marshall, Travis and Paul write, "Paul hoped that it might be possible for [Onesimus] to spend some time with him as a missionary colleague.... If that is not a request for Onesimus to join Paul’s circle, I do not know what more would need to be said".[29]
Significance[edit]
Sarah Ruden, in her Paul Among the People (2010), argues that in the letter to Philemon, Paul created the Western conception of the individual human being, "unconditionally precious to God and therefore entitled to the consideration of other human beings." Before Paul, Ruden argues, a slave was considered subhuman, and entitled to no more consideration than an animal.[30]
Diarmaid MacCulloch, in his A History of Christianity, described the epistle as "a Christian foundation document in the justification of slavery".[31]
In order to better appreciate the Book of Philemon, it is necessary to be aware the situation of the early Christian community in the Roman Empire; and the economic system of Classical Antiquity based on slavery. According to the Epistle to Diognetus: For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe... They are in the flesh, but they do not live after the flesh. They pass their days on earth, but they are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws by their lives.[32]
Pope Benedict XVI refers to this letter in the Encyclic, Spe salvi, highlighting the power of Christianity as power of the transformation of society. In fact Christianity was decisive to the virtual disappearance of slavery during the Middle Ages:
Those who, as far as their civil status is concerned, stand in relation to one an other as masters and slaves, inasmuch as they are members of the one Church have become brothers and sisters—this is how Christians addressed one another... Even if external structures remained unaltered, this changed society from within. When the Letter to the Hebrews says that Christians here on earth do not have a permanent homeland, but seek one which lies in the future (cf. Heb 11:13–16; Phil 3:20), this does not mean for one moment that they live only for the future: present society is recognized by Christians as an exile; they belong to a new society which is the goal of their common pilgrimage and which is anticipated in the course of that pilgrimage.[33]
See also[edit]
Textual variants in the Epistle to Philemon
Christian views on slavery
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Philemon 1:1; 1:7; 1:20
Jump up ^ verse 1:16 in Philemon 1:9–17
Jump up ^ Const. Apost. VII, 46
Jump up ^ Patzia, A. G. (1994). "Philemon, Letter To". In Hawthorne, Gerald F. et. al. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. InterVarsity Press. p. 703. ISBN 978-0851106519.
Jump up ^ Bruce 1984, p. 191.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 270.
Jump up ^ Baur 1875, p. 81.
Jump up ^ Baur 1875, p. 84.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 272.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f O'Brien 1982, p. 267.
^ Jump up to: a b O'Brien 1982, p. 268.
Jump up ^ Callahan 1993, p. 362.
Jump up ^ Callahan 1993, p. 366.
Jump up ^ Callahan 1993, pp. 369ff.
Jump up ^ Witherington 2007, pp. 62–63.
Jump up ^ Mitchell 1995, pp. 145–46.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 266.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, pp. 266-67.
Jump up ^ Bruce 1984, pp. 404–05.
Jump up ^ Lightfoot 1879, p. 281.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 274.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 283.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 303.
Jump up ^ O'Brien 1982, p. 309.
Jump up ^ Foster, Paul. "Philippians And Philemon: Sacra Pagina Commentary." p.174
Jump up ^ Foster, Paul. "Philippians And Philemon: Sacra Pagina Commentary." p.176
^ Jump up to: a b Gaventa, Beverly Roberts, and David L. Petersen. The New Interpreter's Bible: One-Volume Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 2010. p.894
^ Jump up to: a b c Gaventa, Beverly Roberts, and David L. Petersen. The New Interpreter's Bible: One-Volume Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 2010. p.895
Jump up ^ Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen; Paul, Ian (2011). Exploring the New Testament. Vol. 2: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation (2nd ed.). Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780830869404. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Sarah Ruden, Paul Among the People (2010), p. xix.
Jump up ^ Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, 2009 (Penguin 2010, p. 115), ISBN 978-0-14-102189-8
Jump up ^ . The Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus — Mathetes, Chapter V, v. 1, 287, 288
Jump up ^ Encyclical letter, Spe, Salvy of the Supreme Pontif Benedict XVI to the bishops priests and Deacons Men and Women Religious and all the Lay Faithful on Christian Hopes, Joseph Raztinger, Enciclical, City of Vatican, 2006
References[edit]
Baur, Ferdinand Christian (1875). Paul: His Life and Works. Translated by Rev. A. Menzies (2nd ed.). Williams & Norgate.
Bruce, F. F. (1984). The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-2510-0.
Callahan, Allen Dwight (1993). "Paul's Epistle to Philemon: Toward an Alternative Argumentum". Harvard Theological Review. 86: 357–76. JSTOR 1509909.
Lightfoot, J. B. (1879). Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. Macmillan.
Mitchell, M. M. (1995). "John Chrysostom on Philemon: A Second Look". Harvard Theological Review. 88: 135–48.
O'Brien, Peter (1982). Colossians, Philemon. Word Biblical Commentary. Word Books. ISBN 0-8499-0243-6.
Witherington, Ben (2007). The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-2488-2.
Sources[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Philemon, Epistle to". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
Further reading[edit]
J. M. G. Barclay, Colossians and Philemon, Sheffield Academic Press, 1997 ISBN 1-85075-818-2
N. T. Wright, Colossians and Philemon, Tyndale IVP, 1986 ISBN 0-8028-0309-1
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values: الرسالة إلى فليمون – Arabic

values: ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܦܝܠܡܘܢ – Aramaic

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values: Ліст да Філімона Святога Апостала Паўла – Belarusian

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values: Пасланьне да Філімона – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)

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values: Επιστολή προς Φιλήμονα – Greek

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values: نامه به فیلمون – Persian

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values: फिलेमनाक पावलुचें पत्र – Goan Konkani

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values: Թուղթ առ Փիլիմոն – Armenian

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values: Surat Paulus kepada Filemon – Indonesian

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values: האיגרת אל פילימון – Hebrew

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values: ფილიმონის მიმართ ეპისტოლე – Georgian

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values: Послание до Филимон – Macedonian

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values: ഫിലമോനെഴുതിയ ലേഖനം – Malayalam

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values: フィレモンへの手紙 – Japanese

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values: Epistola lui Pavel către Filimon – Romanian

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values: Послание к Филимону – Russian

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values: Посланица Филимону – Serbian

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values: จดหมายของนักบุญเปาโลถึงฟีเลโมน – Thai

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values: Послання до Филимона – Ukrainian

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values: فلیمون کے نام خط – Urdu

values: فىلىمۇنغا يېزىلغان خەت – Uyghur

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