Onesimus — Quovadisworld

PAUL’S PLEA FOR ONESIMUS TO BE RECEIVED AS A BROTHER

By personal persuasion he had won over Onesimus to return, and by this letter he seeks to insure for him a welcome in his master’s house.

Paul writes on behalf of a thief and a runaway Philemon had suffered serious loss through the irregular conduct of his servant Onesimus.

The Epistle of Paul to Philemon is unique in that it is addressed to a personal friend regarding a private matter.