Brief Summary Of Philemon's Letter To Paul

Paul wrote this letter while he was a prisoner in Rome, possibly Ephesus. Philemon was a slave owner, like many others. Onesimus was one of Philemon’s slaves, one that had stolen from him and then ran away. This was a crime punishable by death under the Roman law. While he was in Rome, he met Paul and became a Christian through his ministry. Paul sends this letter with Onesimus, back to Philemon, so that he might be accepted as his Christian brother.
“Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, yet I prefer to appeal to you by love. It is as none other than Paul-an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus-that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains.” …show more content…
It depends on where we are in our journey of life. As a child, we start out in this world innocent with a lot to learn. We are slaves to our parents, our education, our church and our feelings of growing and maturing. As we grow as teenagers, it seems like we are slaves to our peers. I know very few teenagers who are comfortable enough with themselves that they do not give thoughts to what everyone else is thinking or saying about them. It is a sad statement, but I believe it to be true. Then we become young adults, trying to figure out the world. We are slaves to our education; possibly we are starting a family. When we start our family, we become slaves to them. Giving them everything we can to provide a safe and loving home. Let us not forget about our careers. Some of us just go to work to make a paycheck, while some of us give our whole self to our careers. I am constantly thinking about the people that I care about, even when I am not at work. As we age, we become slaves to our bodies. Between disease and the natural aging process, our bodies slow down and start to fail. I am not saying this is how everyone’s life goes. This is just my