Onesimus is known as a “runaway” slave who belonged to Philemon, the slave owner. Onesimus is called a “runaway” slave because research has theorized that Onesimus ran away from his slave owner after he had stolen money and other valuables from Philemon. Supposedly Philemon fled from Colossae in Rome or Ephesus. If Paul was in prison there, research shows that he converted Onesimus to Christianity (Harris, 2014, p.380). After the conversion, Paul refers to Onesimus as his child, whose father he has become (Harris, 2014, p.380). Scholars have speculated that Onesimus intentionally fled to link with Paul, in an effort to ask him for assistance in reconciling with Philemon, whom Paul had formerly encountered and transformed to Christianity. Interestingly,
